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House Speaker may have to make a lot of promises to get bill to Trump's desk

2025/7/1
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Michael Ricci: 我认为参议院的投票过程比我预期的要长。通常，参议院不像众议院那样展示过多的幕后交易。这次投票在光天化日之下进行，我相信这比多数党领袖Thune预期的要长。但当你有如此微弱的优势时，这就是会发生的事情。现在，我们正处于满足特朗普总统7月4日截止日期的边缘。随着人们阅读法案，会发现其中包含许多内容。一些保守派众议员会出于对总统的忠诚而投票支持，但同时也有像Murkowski这样的温和派参议员在法案中加入了对他们有利的条款。我认为参议员Murkowski所做的交易越多，众议院保守派的挫败感就越强。议长通常会告诉成员，参议院改变了一些内容，他们已经尽力争取了最好的交易，要么参加会议冒险打破总统的截止日期，要么接受这个结果。为了让法案通过，议长可能需要做出很多承诺，比如成立财政委员会，推出新的Doge计划，以及承诺削减开支。参议院在医疗补助问题上比众议院预期更为保守。共和党人认为将无证移民从医疗补助名单中移除、实行工作要求以及减少浪费、欺诈和滥用是合理的，但医疗补助与乡村医院和老年人长期护理息息相关，许多州长可能会对此表示担忧。也许他们会承诺通过第二项协调法案来解决医疗补助的问题，但很多事情似乎已成定局。他们试图推迟这一切，以避免在明年产生影响，蓝州州长需要将此与负担能力和生活成本联系起来。如果他们能将此与负担能力和生活成本联系起来，就像我们在纽约看到的那样，我认为这将是选举中的一个决定性问题。

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The Senate passed President Trump's tax and spending bill after a record number of votes and tense negotiations. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives where its fate remains uncertain. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate.
  • Senate passed President Trump's tax and spending bill
  • Record-setting number of votes
  • Vice President J.D. Vance cast tie-breaking vote
  • Bill moves to House of Representatives

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The massive tax and spending bill central to President Trump's agenda is one step closer to reality.After weeks of negotiations and 49 consecutive votes that started Monday morning, the senate approved President Trump's signature domestic policy bill around lunch time Tuesday. It now goes back to the House of Representatives where Republican Speaker Mike Johnson will have to reconcile the senate changes with his members' competing priorities.Michael Ricci has had a long career in republican politics, including working as Speaker Paul Ryan's communications director and Speaker John Boehner's Chief Speech writer. We talked with him about the stakes, and the bill's prospects in the House.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org). Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)