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President Trump's signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is crawling its way through Congress. Having passed the House by a single vote, the so-called BBB is in the Senate where various Republican factions - the fiscal hawks, the centrists, the populists - are divided over how to resolve their many competing priorities over the national debt, Medicaid, and tax cuts to name a few.
What's driving these ideological differences among Senate and House Republicans? What role has Trump played and will he play in continuing to lobby Congress? And will the BBB move fast enough to be on President Trump’s desk by July fourth? (Spoiler alert: it will not.)
Amy put all these questions to Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck.
A quick note: we recorded this conversation on Wednesday, June 4th, as the Elon Musk and President Trump breakup was beginning, but before it burst into the full view. And it appears the falling out has been driven, at least in part, over Musk's opposition to the Big Beautiful Bill. But as Amy has said, she doesn't believe this changes the calculus for Congressional Republicans.
You can watch part of the conversation our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thecookpoliticalreport
Sign up for our free weekly newsletter, In Brief: https://www.cookpolitical.com/in-brief-sign-up
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By The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter4.9
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President Trump's signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is crawling its way through Congress. Having passed the House by a single vote, the so-called BBB is in the Senate where various Republican factions - the fiscal hawks, the centrists, the populists - are divided over how to resolve their many competing priorities over the national debt, Medicaid, and tax cuts to name a few.
What's driving these ideological differences among Senate and House Republicans? What role has Trump played and will he play in continuing to lobby Congress? And will the BBB move fast enough to be on President Trump’s desk by July fourth? (Spoiler alert: it will not.)
Amy put all these questions to Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck.
A quick note: we recorded this conversation on Wednesday, June 4th, as the Elon Musk and President Trump breakup was beginning, but before it burst into the full view. And it appears the falling out has been driven, at least in part, over Musk's opposition to the Big Beautiful Bill. But as Amy has said, she doesn't believe this changes the calculus for Congressional Republicans.
You can watch part of the conversation our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thecookpoliticalreport
Sign up for our free weekly newsletter, In Brief: https://www.cookpolitical.com/in-brief-sign-up
Learn more about The Cook Political Report: www.cookpolitical.com/subscribe

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