Republicans vs Democrats War of Words in U.S Senate: Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’ Ignites Big Infighting

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The U.S. Senate has erupted into a political firestorm as Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion “One Big Beautiful Bill” sparks intense clashes between Republicans and Democrats. What was meant to be a victory lap for Trump ahead of July 4 has turned into a bitter war of words, with GOP lawmakers divided and Democrats pushing back fiercely. Senate Majority Leader John Thune admits there's no clear path forward, while House Speaker Mike Johnson pleads to keep the bill close to the original House version. With Elon Musk threatening to form a new “America Party” if the bill passes, the battle lines are drawn — and America is watching. Will Trump get his way? Or will the bill collapse under the weight of infighting and economic backlash?    #TrumpBill #SenateShowdown #RepublicansVsDemocrats #ElonMusk #AmericaParty #BigBeautifulBill #USPolitics #GOPCrisis #DebtBill #CongressLive #PoliticalWar #Trump2025 #MuskVsTrump #July4Deadline  ~HT.318~PR.274~ED.103~

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00:00On this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 44, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen

00:13and sworn not having voted in the affirmative of the motion is not agreed to.

00:17And that's all it says, a billion dollars to be spent, period.

00:21Now, I have been told that the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior are

00:27going to decide, in their unfettered discretion, who's going to get this money in the private

00:31sector.

00:32And they are both two good men.

00:35I know that both of those secretaries, I voted for them, they are total ballers.

00:40I love them to death.

00:43But, when I'm in Washington, I live by this adage, trust in God, but tie up your camel.

00:52Trust in God, but tie up your camel.

00:55Now, this bill will say they can spend, they can give these gifts and grants to whomever

01:01they want, but Congress has to approve them.

01:05Now, about, I don't know, an hour ago, I got a call from one of my supporters, Mr. President.

01:11And you know what he said to me?

01:14He said, Kennedy, for your own good, you need to pull down this amendment.

01:19You have to pull down this amendment.

01:21Kennedy, for your own good, you have to pull down this amendment.

01:24And you know what I told him, Mr. President?

01:27I said, Scooter!

01:30I said, Scooter, there are only two things I have to do in this world.

01:35Be cool and die.

01:37Mr. President, my motion is simple.

01:39It will prevent families with kids under 12 from losing food assistance under the bill.

01:44It's bad enough we're borrowing money, trillions of dollars from our kids and grandkids to pay for tax cuts for rich people,

01:51but it is worse still that we leave families hungry today.

01:55I reserve the balance of my time.

01:57Feeding hungry kids is not waste.

01:59And if we have to send this bill back to committee to fix it and bring it back so kids can get fed, we should do it.

02:06This bill is going to take lunches out of school cafeterias.

02:10It's going to mean hungry families.

02:12You can't pick a number like $200 billion out of thin air and say you can take that money for tax cuts

02:17and not leave a lot of American kids hungry.

02:20I urge an aye vote.

02:22There are a lot of government programs that haven't been looked at in a long time.

02:27We all acknowledge that 75% now of federal spending is what we call mandatory spending.

02:33Entitlement programs.

02:35Things that Congress doesn't annually appropriate for.

02:38And it continues to grow at an uncontrollable rate.

02:41In fact, the growth and the rate of Medicaid spending in the last five years have been 50%.

02:46That's not sustainable.

02:48We know that's not sustainable.

02:50And in the time I've been here, we have never, ever done anything to reform and improve and strengthen these programs

03:00that are growing at an unsustainable rate that will wreck our economy and wreck our country

03:04if we don't start making some changes.

03:06And so, yes, there are some improvements and reforms to Medicaid to make it more efficient,

03:13to make sure that the people who are supposed to benefit from Medicaid do,

03:18and that it doesn't go to people who shouldn't benefit from Medicaid.

03:20Now, most of the increase in spending in Medicaid has been in what we call the expansion population.

03:26And that's the number of people out there for whom states get a 90% reimbursement from the federal government.

03:32There's a small group on that side of the aisle, MAGA hard right-wingers,

03:36who are dictating what's happened, and all the rest of the senators on the Republican side,

03:42who know it's wrong, go along.

03:45A small group.

03:46They don't represent more than 10% of the American people,

03:49but they're dictating what this body does.

03:52A, because of the rules we have, a simple majority.

03:55But B, because our colleagues on the Republican side lack the courage of their convictions

04:02to do the right thing for the American people.

04:05It's outrageous.

04:07Cutting people's health care.

04:09Causing people to get sicker and to even die.

04:13Cutting people's health care so that it's certain, almost, that more people will die.

04:20Just to give tax breaks to billionaires.

04:23We heard what our colleague from North Carolina had to say about this bill.

04:27My guess is about half, maybe even more than half, of the Republicans in the Senate totally agree with him.

04:34But he had the courage to speak the truth.

04:37Mr. President, this bill is a farce.

04:39Imagine a bunch of guys sitting around a table and saying,

04:42I've got a great idea.

04:44Let's give $32,000 worth of a tax break to a millionaire,

04:48and we'll pay for it by taking health insurance away from lower-income and middle-income people.

04:54And to top it off, how about we cut food stamps?

04:58We cut SNAP.

04:59We cut food aid to people.

05:01It's a joke.

05:02I would say it was a joke, except it's not the least bit funny.

05:05I've been in this business of public policy now for 20 years.

05:09Eight years as governor, 12 years in the United States Senate.

05:12I have never seen a bill this bad.

05:15I have never seen a bill that is this irresponsible, regressive, and downright cruel.

05:21The legislation we're debating today would modestly increase the size of the child tax credit

05:29while leaving out more than 17 million children from the full credit.

05:37America's poorest children, whose families are struggling to make ends meet, receive nothing from this bill.

05:45Everywhere I go in Colorado, I meet parents who are working hard, often two and three jobs,

05:52just to keep their families' heads above water.

05:56Like Americans all across this country, Mr. President,

06:00they are wrestling with the legacy of 50 years of trickle-down economics

06:05that have benefited the wealthiest Americans while leaving working and middle-class families behind,

06:12which this bill does again.

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