{"id":2636022,"date":"2026-07-27T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-cusack-calls-big-beautiful-bill-10-part-series-a-labor-of-love\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:39:22","slug":"bob-cusack-calls-big-beautiful-bill-10-part-series-a-labor-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-cusack-calls-big-beautiful-bill-10-part-series-a-labor-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Cusack calls &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; 10-part series a &#8216;labor of love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbob-cusack-calls-big-beautiful-bill-10-part-series-a-labor-of-love%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=2636022&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>Bob Cusack, Executive Editor of the Washington Examiner, discusses a 10-part series he authored about President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;One Big Stunning Bill&#8221; Act, describing it as a &#8220;labor of love.&#8221; The series, released over a week with two installments each day, delves into the behind-the-scenes details of how the legislation was crafted, its political battles, and the drama involved in its passage, which was nearly halted due to narrow voting margins.signed into law on July 4, 2025, after a close Senate vote that required Vice President JD Vance to break a tie, the bill encompasses tax cuts, spending adjustments, debt limit increases, and federal program reforms.Cusack emphasizes that the series aims to provide previously untold insights into the legislative process, highlighting the political maneuvering and partisan efforts behind the legislation&#8217;s passage. The project involved extensive interviews with lawmakers and administration officials and serves to both analyze the bill&#8217;s origins and explore its impact on voters.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Executive Editor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/bcusack\/\">Bob Cusack<\/a><strong> <\/strong>reveals the 10-part series on\u00a0President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4661726\/big-beautiful-bill-trump-salt-cap-gop-lawmakers\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was a \u201clabor of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a 10-part series,\u201d Cusack said on C-SPAN\u2019s <em>Washington Journal<\/em> Monday.\u00a0\u201cWe have two parts going per day, Monday through Friday, so you\u2019ll see <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4658594\/john-thune-big-beautiful-bill-late-night-drama-senate\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4658594\/john-thune-big-beautiful-bill-late-night-drama-senate\/\">the first part is up on the senate scramble for votes<\/a>, and then the second part will be up at noon and then you\u2019ll see two more the rest of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4664461\/bob-cusack-big-beautiful-bill-10-part-series-labor-of-love-untold-details\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bob Cusack on the \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019: Inside the Washington Examiner\u2019s 10-part series<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4655809\/socialism-marxism-spreading-tumor-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Socialism and Marxism is spreading like a malignant tumor:\u2019 Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4656044\/bipartisan-push-hospital-price-transparency-bills-before-august-recess\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bipartisan push mounts for hospital price transparency bills before August recess<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump signed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1\">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/a> into law on July 4, 2025, after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4658594\/john-thune-big-beautiful-bill-late-night-drama-senate\/\">Senate passed<\/a> it 51-50 on July 1 with Vice President JD Vance breaking the voting tie, followed by final House approval on July 3, 2025. The legislation, now law, reduces taxes, adjusts spending across various federal programs, raises the statutory debt limit, and addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is looking back and talking to the principles, we interviewed Senator John Thune, Scott Bessent, Steve Scalise and many others in the administration and many lawmakers,\u201d Cusack said.\u00a0\u201cThis was a labor of love, we had a couple dozen people working on the entire project at the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/big-beautiful-bill\/\"><strong>HOW THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL BECAME LAW: READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\u2019S 10-PART SERIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3647278&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=9421&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=5b8c2d122ef6642f7c368f5fbd8c0781\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cusack explained that the series aims to reveal previously untold details about how the bill came together and how it\u2019s toying with voters a year later. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is like a miniature book. And we are telling you things you did not hear before,\u201d Cusack said.\u00a0\u201cAs you know, when bills are moving through, lawmakers in the administration can\u2018t tell you everything. They don\u2018t tell you everything. This is a format of presidential books, after the presidential race and you are going to find out new things and what happened. Why are we doing it? Because not only is it looking back, but it\u2018s also looking forward of how this now law is playing with voters and the results are mixed on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4658594\/john-thune-big-beautiful-bill-late-night-drama-senate\/\"><strong>HOW THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL BECAME LAW: LATE-NIGHT DRAMA IN THE SENATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cusack pointed out what he called \u201cone of the most consequential and controversial pieces of legislation,\u201d noting that the legislation was almost did not pass. \u201cThat\u2018s why we did it. We have different chapters on the Senate, the House, the state and local tax, Medicaid, but it really focuses on the drama of getting votes because the margins were so close. This legislation almost did not pass.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on the bill\u2019s passage and the political maneuvering behind it, Cusack said,\u00a0\u201cAmazingly, I did not think it would pass by last July 4, but they were able to do it with a lot of arm-twisting, and that\u2018s what this series gets into. We get into the PR of it and both parties mobilizing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cusack details 10-part series on Trump\u2019s Big Beautiful Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2636023,"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\/2026\/07\/AP25184801938016.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[83268,5844,6234,5894],"class_list":["post-2636022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bill-richardson","tag-documentary","tag-interview","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25184801938016.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636022","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636026,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636022\/revisions\/2636026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2636023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}