{"id":2453244,"date":"2025-06-28T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-release-updated-senate-text-ahead-of-megabill-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T13:40:53","slug":"republicans-release-updated-senate-text-ahead-of-megabill-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-release-updated-senate-text-ahead-of-megabill-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans release updated Senate text ahead of megabill vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-release-updated-senate-text-ahead-of-megabill-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453244&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans have released an updated version of President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill Act&#8221; as they prepare for an upcoming vote, possibly as soon as Saturday. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >940-page document includes revisions aimed<\/a> at addressing concerns from both House and Senate members, including enhancements to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction and postponements on certain Medicaid reforms. Key changes include a maintained SALT cap of $40,000 for five years before reverting to $10,000, and a delay in new limits on the Medicaid provider tax, critical for state funding. Additionally, the bill includes a $25 billion stabilization fund to support rural hospitals affected by Medicaid changes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these adjustments, Republicans are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theatre-and-procedure-senate-democrats-turn-to-two-tactics-to-resist-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Theatre and procedure: ... Democrats turn to two tactics to resist Trump - Washington Examiner\">navigating internal divisions<\/a>, particularly regarding the Medicaid provisions, which could threaten passage. Senate majority leader John Thune expressed uncertainty about securing the necessary votes for the bill. If the initial vote succeeds, the senate will engage in further debates and voting on amendments. The outcome remains uncertain, particularly as lawmakers continue to negotiate specific provisions of the bill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans release updated Senate text ahead of &lsquo;big, beautiful bill&rsquo; vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2160061\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate Republicans<\/a> released updated text for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> One Big Beautiful Bill Act late Friday as leaders raced to hold their first vote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3456876\/senate-aspirational-saturday-vote-trump-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">as soon as Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before midnight, the Senate Budget Committee unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/the_one_big_beautiful_bill_act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">940 pages<\/a> that account for the latest revisions to the sweeping bill, a hodgepodge of tax, border, and energy priorities. Republicans are still awaiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455156\/john-thune-rejects-gop-calls-sideline-senate-parliamentarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">final rulings from the parliamentarian<\/a> on the tax portion of the bill, but the text brings them one step closer to complying with the intricate rules of reconciliation, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-johnson-open-to-trump-megabill-after-vance-meeting\/\" title=\"Ron Johnson open to Trump mega... after Vance meeting\">filibuster-skirting budget process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3456941\/why-neither-party-willing-oust-senate-parliamentarian-elizabeth-macdonough\/\">Why neither party is willing to run the Senate parliamentarian out of town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3455423\/war-powers-vote-limit-trump-military-authority-fails-senate\/\">War powers resolution to limit Trump&#8217;s military authority fails on Senate floor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3456876\/senate-aspirational-saturday-vote-trump-big-beautiful-bill\/\">Senate barrels toward &lsquo;aspirational&rsquo; Saturday vote on Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The text also incorporates changes meant to win over holdouts in both the House and Senate, including a more generous state and local tax deduction and a delay to some Medicaid reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans telegraphed those changes as they left a Friday lunch meant to nail down the SALT language. Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3456191\/white-house-salt-cap-offer-no-deal-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">latest proposal<\/a>, the cap would stay at $40,000 for five years, as negotiated in the House, before snapping back to $10,000, the current limit.<\/p>\n<p>The updated legislation also delays new limits on the Medicaid provider tax, which helps states pay for their share of the entitlement, by a year. Many conservatives criticize the use of the taxes as a way to inflate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s share of costs.<\/p>\n<p>The text also revealed new compromises, including a $25 billion stabilization fund meant to blunt the impact of Medicaid changes on rural hospitals. The Senate Finance Committee floated a $15 billion fund on Wednesday that was swiftly rejected by centrist members of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Those changes may not be enough to secure passage of the bill. With or without a rural hospital fund, Republicans were threatening to withhold their vote unless Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) reverted to the House language on the Medicaid provider tax. The Senate phases in a cap of 3.5% for expansion states, while the House passed a more modest freeze.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, Thune conceded that he may not yet have the 50 votes needed to advance the megabill, but the text&rsquo;s release allows him to stay on track for a Saturday test vote. If he is successful, the Senate would then debate the measure for at least 10 hours before a marathon voting session on amendments that would likely finish on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3456876\/senate-aspirational-saturday-vote-trump-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SENATE BARRELS TOWARD &lsquo;ASPIRATIONAL&rsquo; SATURDAY VOTE ON TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a bill holdout with concerns over Medicaid, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that she plans to offer amendments on the floor depending on where the final text lands. Other Republicans have indicated the same, teeing up what could be a series of tough votes for leadership to keep their delicate compromise intact.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, Thune and his committee chairs are attempting to minimize disruption on the Senate floor, with rolling negotiations on the remaining sticking points. On Friday night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released an updated proposal to sell off public lands after complaints from the Montana delegation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2160061\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2160061\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans unveil revised Senate text for &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2453245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Thune-John-Barrasso-James-Lankford-Shelley-Moore-Capito-Senate-Republicans-bbnh234.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4762,54916,32603,3756,3740],"class_list":["post-2453244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legislation","tag-megabill","tag-political-news","tag-republicans","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Thune-John-Barrasso-James-Lankford-Shelley-Moore-Capito-Senate-Republicans-bbnh234.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453248,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453244\/revisions\/2453248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}