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GOP Rushes To Pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

2025/6/30
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Alana Shore
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Jane Koston
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Patty Murray
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Jane Koston: 我认为共和党的“大美法案”是一场绝对的混乱，需要团队合作才能完成，但法案本身却很糟糕。如果通过，它将大幅削减美国的社会安全网，导致数百万人失去医疗保险和食物援助，同时增加国债。我对共和党能否在7月4日前通过这项法案表示怀疑，因为他们内部存在严重分歧，而且选民也不支持这项法案。我认为，这项法案的唯一动力似乎是特朗普总统的压力。 Alana Shore: 我认为参议院版本的法案与众议院版本的主要区别在于医疗补助的削减幅度更大，并且对清洁能源的税收抵免也更加不利。尽管白宫认为经济增长会抵消增加国债的影响，但真正的障碍在于财政鹰派是否会坚持削减赤字的立场。我认为，共和党人通常不会坚持自己的立场，尤其是在特朗普和白宫施压时。此外，州和地方税收抵扣（SALT）的争议可能会损害法案，特别是对于来自高税收地区的共和党人。我认为，这项法案的历史非常有趣，与2017年通过特朗普税收法案时的情况不同，当时共和党人之间存在争吵和分歧，导致他们无法团结一致地支持这项法案。我认为，越来越多的共和党人公开批评这项法案中的内容，例如削减医疗保健和给予企业税收减免。许多共和党人意识到这项法案很难推销，因为其中包含医疗补助削减和人工智能等内容，而且他们从未投票增加过国债。 Patty Murray: 我对共和党在增加国债的同时声称要削减债务感到羞耻。我认为，如果他们认为自己可以通过一项可能是有史以来最昂贵的法案后，还能认真地告诉美国人民他们必须削减债务，那他们就太愚蠢了，甚至认为零和一万亿是一样的。

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The Republican party is trying to pass a large spending bill, but it faces significant challenges. The bill includes major cuts to social programs and is projected to add trillions to the national debt. Internal disagreements and opposition from some Republicans threaten its passage.
  • Projected to add $3 trillion to national debt
  • Over 11 million people could lose healthcare coverage
  • Significant cuts to Medicaid
  • Opposition from fiscal hawks and moderate Republicans

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It’s make-or-break week for Congressional Republicans and their big policy and spending legislation, a.k.a. President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ Trump says he still expects to see the final package on his desk by this Friday, even as new estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office show the latest version of the bill could add more than $3 trillion dollars to the national debt over the next decade. Is that deterring members of the party that professes to care about federal spending? Not really. Senate Republicans are expected to vote on the measures, after narrowly advancing it to the floor for debate over the weekend. Elana Schor, senior Washington editor for the online news publication Semafor, gives us an update on where the bill stands now and the possible speed bumps ahead.

And in headlines: Trump hints at a possible TikTok buyer, the Supreme Court hands the White House another huge win by limiting the powers of lower court judges, and the president pressures Israeli officials to drop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.

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