Cautious optimism is warranted, however it looks like Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing hard to hit the deadlines set by President Trump for passage of the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) reconciliation package.
Speaking today right before a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senator Thune noted he is optimistic the Senate can finalize their negotiations on the BBB over the next two days, setting up the Senate to hold their first cloture votes on Friday and a vote-a-rama through the weekend.
President Trump is still assisting Leader Thune with phone calls to Senate republicans between foreign policy engagements. Trump is only staying in the Netherlands for 24 hours so he can quickly get back to DC to assist in any arm-twisting needed by Thune or Johnson.
According to Politico, House Speaker Mike Johnson has cautioned House representatives to stay in town this weekend and be prepared to reconcile both bills and vote on the package as soon as it exits the Senate. As many of you are aware, this is a critical legislative package containing a large amount of President Trump’s America First policy priorities.
As things stand right now, it looks like Thune is going to try and get the package into voting position on Friday, with immediate votes to take place. We are critical of Thune when warranted, but should also appreciate the work of the Majority Leader when he is structurally supportive of the MAGA agenda.
(Via Axios) – Senate Majority Leader John Thune expects to start voting Friday on President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” he told Axios in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
Why it matters: This would have them voting into the weekend, and it would upend the House’s recess next week. But Thune (R-S.D.) is confident Congress will meet its self-imposed July 4 deadline to get a bill on Trump’s desk.
Thune said Friday was looking more likely for an initial vote than Thursday, setting up the potential for a weekend slog.
“I think we get on it, and then we will plow through, and we’ll get into vote-a-rama and grind it out until — until whenever,” the leader said. “It’s just the nature of the beast at the end.”
Johnson told House Republicans “not to leave town” this weekend in case the Senate gets a bill passed, Politico reported Tuesday. (read more)
We anticipate that once the BBB is completed, obviously there will be a celebration – a news cycle for the White House and legislative leadership to promote & celebrate, and then President Trump will likely shift straight into the details of the trade agreements being constructed in the background by Secretary Lutnick, Secretary Bessent and USTR Jamieson Greer.
As the trade aspect is underway from the oval office, expect Secretary Rubio and Steve Witkoff to be reengaged with Ukraine-Russia. By mid July we should see multiple announcements of trade agreements, while simultaneously the foreign policy focus of Rubio and Witkoff should start to materialize into substantive change.
All this winning is making me woozy!
Best to remain cautious we are talking about congress here.
And we all know that the opposite of progress is Congress…
We haven’t won yet.
Not even going to bother going through the list,………. you have a lot of catching up to do.
There is a lot of positives, but the senate and house are absolutely packed with the creatures of various special interests. Fat ladies singing and all of that. The bill pending will determine a huge part of the success of the second term. There will be plenty of time for celebration when the deed is done.
“The deed”, it truly is that.
Agreed. All this work taking place yet the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, appointed by ‘Dingy’ Harry Reid is Democrat Elizabeth MacDonough. She will do as much damage as she can. Remember she was appointed not elected. Not a bad looking lady but at this point she receives no points for that.
so why hasn’t she been fired by Thune?
She wants to strip out a lot of the good stuff but Thune can supposedly override this twit. Let’s see if he does or not.
Calling it a “package” sounds funny like the “package” of 7 B2 bombers with fighter, air tanker and submarine support that POTUS and the generals just sent to Iran. Lots of moving parts!
Feels like momentum!
How is this impacted by the senate parliamentarian striking several crucial parts from the bill?
They are changing the details of the legislation to work around parliamentarian hurdles.
that’s good to know
The cynic in me was wondering if that is why Thune is rushing it, not to be helpful but to avoid the fact he has the power to replace the parliamentarian installed by a previous democrat majority leader and thereby prevent the bill from being gutted of PDJT MAGA agenda items.
By not replacing the parliamentarian, Thune gets a “victory” for PDJT by passing the BBB but preserves the swampier things in the system by having the parliamentarian nix the MAGA fixes from the bill.
Like I said, Im a cynic.
The reconciliation rules are beyond arcane, complex, and confusing. Reconciliation is HARD precisely because the process is so Byzantine!
For example: too many are STILL upset that it doesn’t cut spending enough — even though the rules PREVENT this bill from addressing ANYTHING subject to annual appropriation actions.
This complexity is exactly why I was adamantly opposed to what many GOP senators wanted to do —break it up into 2 or 3 bills. That would literally be like going from juggling one knife to several — prescription for failure.
I think they wanted to break it up into multiple bills so it would fail.
I get that there are rules associated with reconciliation packages and I don’t have a problem with that but I would like to see them consistently applied.
The scale sometimes seems tilted. Somethings get cut due to the rules while others which are also appear to be in violation of the rules stay. The ones that stay usually benefit the uniparty and business as usual while the ones that seem to get cut would benefit the country.
I’ll take what we can get but i think Thune and the Uniparty are still in protect the system mode and we will get a very watered down bill and there’s nothing they can do because, “rules”.
You can only do reconciliation on one bill per year. Breaking it up would mean bills 2+ would need 60 votes, which means they would all fail.
Did not know that! Very good reason – maybe the only good reason – to package it all together.
Exciting stuff! Lot’s more to come…..
Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows, but yes, credit where credit is due. VSGPDJT has the wind at his back. Winning!
I’m almost out of breath. The turtle has stepped down replaced by a snail.
We better see those announcements before mid-July. The 90 day extension of the higher tariffs is up on July 8, so we better see deals by then. I’m betting there will be no further delays, and those recalcitrant countries that think the courts are going to stop the Trump tariffs and trade barriers will FAFO on July 9 when the higher rates go back into effect. This time they will stay until a deal is signed, sealed, and delivered.
Let’s not forget that the court case that has been stayed on the tariffs is due for a hearing at the end of July, so it would be ridiculous for a court at that time to undue any tariff agreements that had been made by then.
Yes, exactly. Countries are waiting to see if the courts will save them so they don’t have to deal. The left is too stupid and ignorant to realize the lack of progress on deals is exactly due to their cheering of the judiciary interfering in matters that have nothing to do with them.
Retired Magistrate here: This is a great time to be alive. Of course at my age, 77, anytime is a great time to be alive!
At 78, couldn’t agree more!
I hope the both of you get to experience the Golden Age in your golden years…..
At 82, agreed.
The new 50
Tell that to my 77 year old knees.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS ___ I’m the baby grannie at 76
LOL
I am the next baby grannie______75 in August! Smiling broadly.
me too:) “not dead yet” lol
Stage IIIC Cancer free 67 y.o.
Also glad!!
The OBBBA, the One Big Beautiful Blob Act, was written back when the world was still threatened with a nuclear armed Islamic Republic…
The world has changed.
WWIII has been cancelled.
Nothing in the OBBBA is either relevant or legal at this point in US history.
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
Huh! 🤷♀️
H.J.Res 101…
The Constitutional Amendment banning the public desecration of The Flag of The United States Of America…
Is the only thing MAGA should be screaming to MAKE THEM VOTE on..
We The People are the sovereign Constitutional authority of The United States Of America.
We will have Government of, by, and for The People.
The OBBBA is 100% Government, of, by, and for the Government.
The global nuclear threat has been officially eliminated.
No need to eavesdrop on EVERYTHING anymore.
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
So…Iran can’t get a nuke now for a while, and the world is perfectly safe because North Korea, Pakistan, India, China, and Russia would NEVER use a nuke 🙂
Too funny!
So you want a 68% increase in your federal income taxes??
Because that’s whats going to happen if the Trump tax cuts of Dec. 2017 are allowed to “sunset” without renewing them in this bill.
The BBB makes permanent, extends and, in certain cases, modifies, a number of provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. New provisions include: 15% tax cut for Americans earning between $30,000 and $80,000 per year. No Taxes on Overtime or Tips, and more.
A LOT of people need these provisions badly. Rather thoughtless of you to brush off the financial changes in this bill that benefit their income situations..
Legal? What are you smoking?
Could you ne specific? Or are.you just spitballimg
That literally makes no sense at all 🙂
And of course, you fail to give any examples.
He likes being cryptic.
Or maybe just retarded.
Or something
They will have to do something quickly *in politician time* because their big Summer Vacation is approaching.
Fraid I’m not breaking out the champagne until there’s a ‘what’s inside’. The senate has the warmongers, etc. Expect most o the celebrating will be Zelensky with his old bud Graham.
What am I missing?
Dem Senate Parliamentarian Delivers a Death Blow to Trump’s Goal of Reining in Rogue Judges | by Matt Vespa
See Sundance comment above
Go up to MJC above and read SD’s reply.
She was appointed by Harry Reid. Does that explain matters?
Well that means she is a straight up Socialist
Is there some sort of plan to retroactively stop the self replicating mRNA mutation jabs (once they attain Immunity from litigation inside the BBBill) from making it into our food supply?
Is anyone besides me the least bit troubled by the spectre of who knows how many weirdos will be permanently shedding mRNA all over us at Publix?
I don’t know but good ol’ Bill Gates has researchers perfecting getting it into pill form for global rollout.
https://slaynews.com/news/bill-gates-linked-researchers-push-new-mrna-vaccine-pills-global-rollout/
It makes my skin crawl thinking of the legths they are going to get this into humans.
Again, IMHO at the kitchen table spread sheet….I want to know why…
Why their desperation to get that garbage in our bodies…? Again only my opinion but it seems that desperation goes beyond the ‘corporate profits’ benefit. With creative accounting, as the big corps always use…they can manipulate their own balance sheets.
The whole thing stinks in Denmark.
I’ve always thought it’s simple, though dark.
Depopulation. It’s one of the primary globalist goals.
All of those depopulation purveyors never include themselves in the depopulation action. If they are serious they should participate first.
Well, as long as they only shed in Publix, I’ll be safe in Food Lion! /s
<chuckles>
That is how a gentleman acts and behaves by exhibiting Ethics and good Character
Even when you have problems with a person or group, there is no reason not to bring good deeds to the attention of community.
Thank you Sundance, your excellent character is shining like a strobe light for all to see.
I get nervous with Big Beautiful Bill, or Build Back Better. Seems we might be getting played to move towards the same end goal.
Sounds like you are sure
Whatever the end goal. our guy’s in charge and they hate him, that makes me happy anything else is gravy
MAGA Fabulous. President Trump is blessed by God’s Grace.
The Neocons got their bombing out of their system.. time to do some real work for USA
Donald Trump Apology Form
Pretty good. Good chuckle, thinking how Massie might fill the form out after our Lion took a flame thrower to his butt
Marco Rubio has been the biggest, most pleasant surprise for me. I really doubted his MAGA chops. John Thune is the second pleasant surprise for me. He seems to be all in and fighting hard for President Trump’s agenda. I’ve become fans of both men.
I can relate on Rubio for sure.
Thune, well I still get Rino vibes. Could be he doesn’t want the Massie.
The Massie will be the new saying at work now.
I got the Massie. Lol
One letter change and he could be doing something useful, like saving Jimmy from drowning in the well.
I like the new, at least to me – He’s such a Schumer; Don’t be a Schumer; opinions are like Schumers, we all have them, et.al.
Now imagine if Kammie and Timmy had won….
One picture is worth a thousand word salads.
…Had stolen another election.
🥵😵💫😳🤬😤🤮😡
Fixed it for you.
Your welcome
That was unthinkable! At the time, I didn’t care who was “helping” us win, be that Elon or any one of the multitude of grifters. As they’ve outed themselves along the way and moved to a distance from the governing team, I gladly take my Winnamins, and remain so thankful that we dodged the commie bullet for now.
of course – Thune wants to remain speaker
Senate Majority Leader
Winning!!! I have been pleasantly pleased with Senator Thune. Much much much better than turtle. Maga !!!!!
While I’m not nearly as “relaxed” about Thune as I’ve come to be about Rubio, for example, he HAS been mostly working to get President Trump’s nominees approved, and this reconciliation bill passed.
Frankly, I think that Speaker Johnson is going to have the bigger problem getting the bill that the upcoming House Senate conference process settles on passed in the House than Thune will in the Senate.
Hopefully the GOP will understand that getting this done is paramount — and that many will have to swallow some things they otherwise would not want to make it happen.
REMOVE HER! Democrat parliamentarian MacDonough gutted some very important parts of the BBB: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5363923-senate-parliamentarian-rejects-trump-provisions/
The claim is that this bill will add another 10 trillion to the US debt currently sitting at 37 tril: https://www.usdebtclock.org/#
Murky, Tillis, Moran, Curtis, Capito have pushed hard to keep Green Energy tax credits because they recvd big donations from this industry…
Part of that is because in their lexicon, a tax CUT , to we the people is an “expense “to them; the number of 10t is over ten years- also takes no account of offsets (tarriffs, etc) is legislative Mumbo jumbo. In any case they’ve got to get to fiscal 26 real budget soon- and, sigh, we might hope it includes real doge reforms and cuts to frivolous spending. Expect to hear shrills and much pearl clutching!
Side Bar: The only thing that gets Congress to act with any urgency is the threat of missing vacation time. They are like Wanda at the BMV in that regard.
Although my guess is that is when they get to slurp up all the lobbyists’ indulgences of free trips for the family and paid speaking engagements.
I hope it gets done and there is a way to implement the DOGE cuts as best as possible and as soon as possible.
Let’s hope there isn’t any unforeseen pre-planned hanky panky happening in the country or the world that would cause a cancellation of the votes.
Thune is many things but stupid ain’t one of them…as much as he may personally NOT support the President’s agenda, he can read the polls and see which way the winds in the country are blowing.
Cocaine Mitch was an angry, evil ideologue with WAY too much baggage, so he considered it his personal mission to stop Donald Trump from enacting policies that neither he, nor his paymasters, wanted to see enacted. During the first term of DJT, there was enough animosity in the country towards him that McConnell could get away with his behind the scenes machinations, knowing that he would never get called out in the media.
Thune does NOT have that same luxury and he knows it, so I expect that he is going to do his best to push through this legislation, although I still expect the ugly stepsisters (Murkowski and Collins) to vote No, which means that it should pass 51-49. Not sure what will happen during the reconciliation process as several House members are making a lot of threats to vote No if certain Senate provisions are still in the bill…
I vigorously dispute your assertion that McConnell was an “ideologue”.
In point of fact, he believes in NOTHING except personal power and enrichment. The ultimate myrmidon. His support or opposition to an issue or a person was never about his beliefs and agree or disagree — it was solely about what support of opposition of that issue or person would do to his personal power.
I am beyond happy that the Turtle is almost out the door for good.
Maybe ideologue wasn’t the best choice of words…unless it refers to the fact that Mitch’s ideology was, is, and always will be about about protecting and enriching himself, combined with an absolute certainty that he deserved it all because of his superior morality and intellect!
Just like McCain not stupid but he could hear the sound of the elephants stampede from miles away!
Look at that photo and imagine who would have been sitting there before Johnson assumed the gavel
Just sayin
“No Johnson” Johnson? I think it’s a wash.
So, serious question, is there really anything left in this BBB to help the American people? Everything I have read is that anything for us has been stripped or so watered down that it is useless and it is now stuffed full of pork….then again, we have to pass the bill to find out what it is in the bill right? Same stuff, different year..
I don’t know what you’re reading.
But what is not in it is a 60 something percent tax increase!
no this is NOT an increase…this is KEEPING the tax cuts that we already HAVE…NOT anything new
If you want to know how the game is played, as I know all to well, regardless how you feel, then watch and listen.
These guys make money when America looses.
If Trump can change the structure so they make money when we win, then . . . BOOM!
MAGA!
This will be for naught unless Majority Leader Thune exercises his right to fire the partisan Democrat, non-neutral Parliamentarian, and appoint a genuinely non-partisan replacement, BEFORE the final votes on the BBB. This is the thing on which Senator Thune should be judged.
Couldn’t help but wonder if the bombing-half of Donald’s Iran effort was part of a deal to secure BBB votes from the neocon and RINO wings of the Senate.
I thought so at first, too, but I don’t think so now. I think he did what he thought he had to do, knowing he had a possible ceasefire in his back pocket. I don’t think he trusts anyone in Senate. And why he should he? They say one thing and do another all the time with no consequences.
I haven’t heard of any earmarks for Ukraine in this monstrosi, er, Big Beautiful Bill! Somehow, I don’t think the annihilation of Iran’s nukes is enough to appease the War Pigs!
Well, fingers crossed.
I have placed a lot of trust in Trump (not that I have a whole lot of alternatives, lol). However, this deficit INCREASING BBB is trying it. Even if Trump has a plan to reduce the deficit, remember, the Gipper once had a plan like this, too. He authorized legalization of illegal immigrants, and increased spending, for future cuts to be delivered later.
Which never happened. We’ll see if Trump gets rolled by his own party. At least Reagan was rolled by the DEMOCRAT party. Trump has to worry about his own political party keeping it’s commitments. What’s the GOP’s track record? Anyone remember when they rolled back the unconstitutional Obamacare and saved America’s health system? GOP Congress’s promises kept? Where? When?
No worries. The tariff income and new tax income from Trump fueled extra GDP growth is not included in the official estimates. All this goes to lower the actual deficit.
And the House is also sending over Recission bills, hopefully (if they get passed) they will minimize some of the excess spending damage.
Libertarians will have had a very bad few weeks when this bill passes. Globalist clowns can stay irrelevant.
Doesn’t this bbb (666) have a provision that we can’t hinder or stop anything AI does for 10 years?
…not the House passed version…
To clarify: it blocks States from enacting any AI regulations for 10 years.
Slip-on banker toes! I wonder who shines those? I think Laura Ingraham had a school girl infatuation with the big old lumber jack when his first came to DC and knocked off T. Daschle (yes Laura has been around, lol)
Where is Thune on the paltry $9.4 billion Rescissions?
Why did Thune say three weeks ago that he would not make any attempt to override (with a simple majority) the Harry Reid-appointed Senate Parliamentarian who is sabotaging the OBBB?
/rhetorical RINO Failure Theater
Thune’s far from perfect but at least he’s not McConnell.
I think Thune is turning out to be a disappointment to Mitch McConnell, who has cast more than one temper tantrum “no” vote since January.
I’m a bit surprised we haven’t seen “just enough” GOP Senators switch to Independent. I felt confident predicting that last summer. But that was before the reality of the Trump win really sunk in for the Government Party.
Anyway, good news, we’ll take it. Interesting timing a week after the nuke sites were bombed.
Get it done.
What happens to the provision that states can’t sue the federal government for 10 years? Ponder the consequences if Joe’s handlers steal their way back into office in ‘28…
we’re screwed if that provision isn’t removed
The parliamentarian is tearing large pieces out of the BBB as not being suitable for a Reconciliation bill; I hope there’s some way to either appeal her decisions or scuttle her for a more reasonable replacement.
If Thune were so supportive and is even the senate leader … the SOB own the rules committee (right???) and why on earth is the 60 vote rule even an issue or even a concern???
Why is the Parliamentarian even an issue??? Don’t the Republicans have any say on who the person is holding this spot???
I am not so hopeful. Something or some A-Hole Grandstanders at the last minute always creep in screw up the works … and the Big Guys all still walk away with their 10% checks from the Ukraine and unshuttered USAID Operations.
This all means nothing until the thing hits President Trump’s desk INTACT.
The Senate parliamentarian decided Monday night that Lee’s proposal violated rules limiting “extraneous” measures that can be added during budget reconciliation.
ex
example
can this positiion be terminated and replaced
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/06/23/senate-parliamentarian-strips-key-provisions-of-big-beautiful-bill-n2190809
To quote Nancy Pelosi “we have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it”.
its like having a judge of the Senate
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/06/23/senate-parliamentarian-strips-key-provisions-of-big-beautiful-bill-n2190809
The Senate Parliamentarian allowed the Democrats to pass the entire Green New Deal through reconciliation. But won’t allow any Republican attempt to take any of it out or to put any oil and gas energy policy in via reconciliation. A clear double standard. Yet GOP doesn’t complain much.
With Thom Tillis adding another kick in the chops to the American people in this bill I wonder how much out Bullshit has been added we will never know about.
Well, they all want to get out of town as soon as they can.
Everything is proceeding according to Plan.
Trojan Horse DOGE won’t make a dent in the budget (~ 2%), instead it is wreaking chaos and dysfunction – including in the DoD civilian workforce degraded by continuing rounds of cuts focusing on the deepest expertise and most capable (experienced) leadership.
The federal debt growth continues to accelerate, with the BBB.
Where does all this lead?