On Tuesday, July 1, the Senate passed its version of President Donald Trump’s ironically named One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill is anything but beautiful. 

After weeks of negotiating, the Senate finally got the votes to send its version back to the House of Representatives. Any hope of the Senate being the more responsible legislative body, which is generally the case, vanished as it became clear they would pass a spending monstrosity even worse than the version the House put together. 

While it was necessary to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, the Senate has passed a completely irresponsible budget that endangers America’s fiscal health. 

This entire piece of legislation is oriented around extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, which is good policy. In fact, it's just about the only good part of the bill. 

If not extended, the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would have been devastating to Americans. If allowed to expire,

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