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It's a big week for Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'![]() The Senate hopes to vote on it this week, but there are still hurdles. The U.S. Capitol building is seen as the city is on a heightened security alert on June 23, 2025, in Washington. For President Donald Trump, this week stands to be not only one of the most consequential of his presidency on the international stage, but also perhaps in domestic policy as well. Much political attention has been focused in recent days on Trump's decision to strike nuclear sites in Iran. But on Capitol Hill, Republican leadership is still plowing ahead on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive piece of legislation jam-packed with many of Trump's policy objectives and campaign promises. The bill would make the Trump 2017 tax cuts permanent, allocate additional funding for border security and the Department of Defense, scale back Medicaid and SNAP benefits, limit taxes on tips and overtime, change state and local tax caps, and do far more. Republicans are hopeful the bill will head to the Senate floor this week with Trump's stated goal of having it on his desk by the Fourth of July. That's an ambitious timeline that makes this week a critical one. In a Sunday social media post, Trump again called for Congress to act quickly to pass the
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