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Megabill’s Fate Uncertain as Senators Continue Marathon Voting

2025/6/30
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Richard Rubin: 作为华尔街日报的税务政策记者,我一直在美国国会山关注着事态的发展。共和党人确实希望通过这项法案,他们认为这是特朗普总统的重要立法遗产。然而,目前他们尚未完全锁定所需的全部选票,要获得通过法案所需的50票并非易事。民主党提出的修正案通常会被共和党否决,现在主要等待共和党内部对法案修改的提案。参议员们对医疗补助、食品援助等问题存在分歧,这些都是影响法案最终命运的关键因素。虽然共和党人希望在7月4日截止日期前通过法案,但这并非绝对。真正的考验将在8月债务上限问题和12月底税收减免到期时到来。目前的情况是,每个人都在观望,试图预测最终的结果,但结果仍然难以确定。我个人认为,虽然前路漫漫,但共和党最终会找到某种方式来达成协议,因为对他们来说,失败的代价太大了。

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P.M. Edition for June 30. Senators have spent hours voting on amendments and procedural motions as Republicans race to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”) by their self-imposed July 4 deadline. WSJ tax policy reporter Richard Rubin) gives us the latest from the U.S. Capitol. Plus, a Trump administration investigation finds that Harvard University violated students’ civil rights. We hear from Journal higher education reporter Doug Belkin) about where the president’s battle against elite U.S. universities) stands. And investors love stocks that pay dividends), even though finance professors have long said that dividends don’t matter. But as WSJ investing columnist Spencer Jakab) tells us, it’s what people do with the dividends that really makes those investments worthwhile. Alex Ossola hosts.

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