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After its passage by narrowest of margins in the House of Representatives, Republicans’ “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill is facing the prospect of major changes in the Senate, which could make it extremely difficult to pass when the revised bill is returned to the House.

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The bill passed the House by a 215-214 margin with one “present” vote after last-minute deals were made to appease fiscal hawks and blue-state Republicans who demanded higher state tax deductions.

It would fulfill a number of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, such as funding border security and extending his first-term 2017 tax cuts.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who voted for the bill after last-minute talks with House leadership and the president, warned Wednesday that the bill would be dead in the water if the Senate made it less fiscally conservative.

“If this bill backslides, if they back off of what we got, which I don’t even think is necessarily good enough, I can promise you I will oppose it in the House,” he said.

Are GOP Senators Considering House’s ‘Red Lines’?

But some in the Senate suggest they will do the opposite and deliver even more spending cuts than the House.

Asked by The Daily Signal if he worried about vote margins in the House if cost-saving provisions are removed, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., replied, “I think the Senate making the bill more fiscally responsible will actually help with the House.”

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., scoffed at the idea of “red lines” that can’t be crossed.

“Look, I’ve seen a lot of red lines erased and redrawn in the House. What we need to do is convince the president we have a solid bill, and they can have that discussion with the president if we get his support for what we’re going to send to the House. That’s how this place works, no sense in sugarcoating it,” he told The Daily Signal.

“The bottom line is, we’ve got to get this bill done. People can talk about it, but at the end of the day, you’re going to have a vote on the floor, and we’ll see how red that line is.”

Tillis did say, however, that House fiscal hawks might be won over with rescissions packages—a type of bill exempt from the Senate filibuster, which allows for cutting spending through a simple majority vote, rather than a 60-vote supermajority.

The White House recently delivered $9.4 billion in recommended cuts to the House, but Tillis says he would like to see “tens of billions in rescissions, based on work the DOGE have done.” DOGE is the Department of Government Efficiency.

“I think that will address some of the concerns of the House real fast. I mean, quite honestly, I want more cuts out of the Senate than they delivered in the House.”

The Food Stamp Issue

There are many cost-saving provisions in the House bill that are coming under scrutiny by Republican Senators.

One such issue is the way the bill finds saving in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by requiring states to share more of the cost of food stamps.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told The Daily Signal he’s worried Alabama won’t be able to afford that.

“I’m one of those 11 states that most of our budget is taken up by Medicaid. If we have to start spending $100 [million], $200 million on SNAP, we got problems,” he said.

But Tuberville is mindful of the razor-thin margin in the House, where eliminating such a provision could jeopardize the bill’s passage. He clarified that he wants to see the overall program reduced.

“What I want to do is see it reformed to where we don’t have as many people on SNAP. It’s not supposed to be a full-time entitlement program. And what’s going to happen is, all the blue states are going to have all these full-time people on it, and people in the Southern states are going to pay for it. So, we need to make it fair,” said Tuberville, who has announced his intention to run for Alabama governor next year.

Of course, Democrats revile the idea of states sharing a higher cost-burden from SNAP.

It will be “devastating on the program, devastating on the states and definitely devastating on the needs of everyday Americans,” Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture told The Daily Signal when asked about states sharing higher SNAP costs with the federal government.

Sen. Tillis’ Objections 

Tillis is a prime example of a Republican who would like to see major changes to the bill, many of which would anger House budget hawks and other groups.

He supports slower expiration dates for Biden-era green energy tax credits, for one thing.

But Roy has already said that moving back the early expiration dates that he pushed for would hurt a bill that is “on the edge of whether it’s good enough to merit moving forward.”

Tillis also said Medicaid reforms can’t be too severe, since the president “doesn’t want to harm qualified beneficiaries on any of the safety net programs.”

But if Tillis is opposed to spending cuts carried out that way, how can he claim to want more savings than the House?

“Everyone uses [waste, fraud and abuse] as a tagline, very few people know how to [get rid of] it. I did it for a living as a partner at PriceWaterhouse,” he told The Daily Signal, referring to the giant accounting and consulting firm.

“There are enormous savings to be had if we create programs and we provide people technology and infrastructure to do it. If you just do nothing more than leverage the analytics programs that CMS has, and you get a good program office in there, you can very quickly drive out savings,” he said, referring to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

But Tillis has still more ideas on reconciliation that are likely to irk other factions, even those who are outside of the budget hawk faction of the House.

For one, he opposes the $40,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions—a policy mostly benefiting residents of high-tax blue states, who can then deduct local taxes on their federal tax returns.

House leadership’s SALT deal was an extremely contentious process that allowed the bill to just barely squeak through in the lower chamber. Four New York Republican representatives—enough to tank the bill—previously said they wouldn’t vote for a bill if the cap was set at $30,000. It’s currently $10,000.

“I hope not,” Tillis said, when asked if the $40,000 cap could stay.

“That is one where I don’t—when I draw a red line, I stick to it—I don’t want to draw a red line there, but in total I would be a lot happier seeing that number come down,” he added.

He also has his criticisms of the “no tax on tips” provisions, although he says that he does not think it will be permanent.

“I don’t think it will be part of the permanent tax policy,” he said.

“The issue I have with any of those sorts of provisions is fairness … the waiter’s going to get a tax break, but the warehouse worker isn’t. So, I’m not opposed to maybe providing a tax relief, but I would like for it to impact everybody at that same socioeconomic strata.

What will come of these competing congressional interests remains to be seen as Senate Republican leadership rushes to pass the bill by its self-imposed deadline of Independence Day July 4.

Passing the bill through the Senate will be difficult, but it is likely the debates will only grow louder if the bill is sent to the House in a substantially different form.

How are you praying about the Big, Beautiful Bill? Share your thoughts and prayers below.

This article was originally published at The Daily Signal. Photo Credit: City of Greenville, North Carolina – Community Project Funding, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=147649410.

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Daryl Perkins
June 28, 2025

This big beautiful bill isn’t as great as you think it will effect a lot of poor people the very poor people negatively

Priscilla Meyenburg
June 8, 2025

” Fathert thank You for Your long suffering and gracious heart. You delight in mercy, and Your mercies endure forever. Like the prodigal in Scripture, we have squandered our last four years as a nation and find our selves in a Heaviness, there is a serious Bill that needs passing with a lot of good decesions but some Senators are very objectional to cutting items they want or think their plan will be the best. It’s been a whirlwind few weeks getting the Big Beautiful Bill to get a lot of positive feed back. Now we are wallowing in pity, anger, waste, and despair with negative emotions. God, You have sent many warnings which has been ignored: or Prayer that has not been prayed to get answers from God. AS an outsider to the law makers, I have prayed many times Praying that these men and women will use God as their leader to make correct decisions that God knows will work. But we cling to the truth that Your Mercy triumphs over judgements. God, I really thought that this administration had realized we need
God on our team to make sensible decisions what the B-Beautiful Bill offers. In Isaiah 61-3 suggests a remedy. It speaks of God appointing a “garmet of praise” to get answers and will reduce and replace the spirit of heaviness” Jesus, we ned You to bring this nation to its senses, just as You did the prodigal son, deliver us and the bad decision makers and from wicked people who want to control the entire proprosition of the Bill. I pray they need a clear cut understanding of what the bill can and will do if handled correctly, I pray the selfiness will be remove from the ones who cling to the leftist side that got us in this Trillion Dollar mess. We ned to cast all of our anxieties on Him (Jesus) because he cares.” 1 Peter 5-7″ God I pray for strengthening the intercessors, encourage them we need them for this critical time in our government- we need cement for President Trump – to protect and preserve the integrity of America. We need the correct order and Positive ideas, there is a rush on the time as Republician leadership rushes to pass this bill by July 4, 2025. THE reason this bill needs passed for truth and honor the left will do every dirty trick to make sure The Republicians lose in the midterms. We declare You are sending a re-set to this land and restoration, restore us to our destiny. With Faith, we decree YOUR words, knowing they will not return to You void without accomplishing what You are sending us to do. (PRAYER, PRAYER, MORE PRAYER- to Help Save America ! We shall be saved -WE CLAIM THE BILL WILL PASS AS GOD WANTS IT TO- Our Decree- Because of God’s great Love and Mercy, and the Faith Filled prayers of a remnant, America shall be Saved. ” APPEALING TO HEAVEN BIRTHED OUR NATION, AND AGAIN IT WILL REBIRTH IT.”

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    Daryl Perkins
    June 28, 2025

    One thing about this big beautiful bill it’s going to cut snap benefits,so that is going to hurt the very poor, plus it’s going to add to the debt ceiling.

Pamela Derrer
June 7, 2025

Jesus, look over this Big beautiful Bill. And may Jesus correct it, by giving God’s wisdom, directions and corrections to this bill. , thur God’s people that are in the offices NOW. May Jesus correct it and create a “Big Beautiful Perfect Bill. “. I ask in Jesus’s name Amen 🙏

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    Daryl Perkins
    June 28, 2025

    Can’t be a big beautiful perfect bill if it cuts snap benefits

Susan CC
June 7, 2025

“As for God, his way is perfect, the word of Adonai has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in him. Psalm 18:30 CJB

“Prayer doesn’t prepare us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work… Prayer doesn’t prepare us for battle; prayer is the battle…Wherever God has dumped you down, pray to Him—pray all the time. Most of us won’t pray unless it gives us a thrill, which is the most intense form of spiritual selfishness. We have to work according to God’s direction; and he says, simply, pray.” Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest,; 10/17

Provers 13:7-9 The Voice
One pretends he is wealthy but has nothing, while another seems to be poor but has great wealth.
The rich are targeted and must ransom their lives but no one bothers to threaten the poor.
The light of the right-living brings joy as it burns brightly; the lamp of a wrongdoer will be snuffed out.

Dear Heavenly Father, please direct us as we battle in prayer for anything less than a beautiful bill and please anoint the “right” in the Senate, with Your favor. I pray each item will be tested in Your consuming fire to snuff out what should not be included. You are our shield and refuge in this time and in all times. You are the conductor of every atom in the Universe, nothing is beyond Your control! I pray it pleases You to anoint the deliberations to deliver Your perfect plan. I ask this and so much more in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. May our prayers be honored. I love You Father. I love You Jesus, I love You Holy Spirit. Amen

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Rose Rocha
June 6, 2025

Thank you Father that you put President Trump in the office for such time as this. People forget that he is a business man and knows how things go before a companies see balance budgets. Give the president favor and have this bill pass according to your will and purpose. I pray a spirit of Unity among the Republican congress for the sake of the American people. I pray wisdom on all of congress. Also give them peace your peace. In Jesus’ name. I pray.

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Michael Briney
June 6, 2025

This budget bill is a critical issue for our nation. All too many times decisions are made along the lines what the individual believes is right without first considering God’s leadership in the matter. Without God’s direction in this matter it will only do more harm than good for our nation. We, as intercessors, must pray for the leadership of the Holy Spirit in this matter and then trust God for the House and Senate to come up with a bill that will actually help our nation and not hurt. Our U S Senators and Representatives must come up with a final piece of legislation to send to the President for his signature that is void of the I, me, and my attitude and that is directed by what would God have us do.

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    Agnes Footman-Payne
    June 6, 2025

    You are correct. Hopefully our congressmen and women will put aside anger and hate put aside all of that and pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance for guidance. In Jesus’ Name AMEN 🙏

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    Daryl Perkins
    June 28, 2025

    Big beautiful bill is going to cut snap benefits, not good for the very poor

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