Freedom Caucus attacks Senate megabill in 3-page dissection – Politico

Freedom Caucus attacks Senate megabill in 3-page dissection

The document circulated Wednesday as GOP leaders sought the hard-liners’ support.

By Meredith Lee Hill, 07/02/2025, 12:51pm ET

The House Freedom Caucus is circulating a memo sharply criticizing the Senate-passed GOP megabill as Republican leaders work to secure hard-liners’ votes Wednesday.

The three-page document seizes on more than a dozen modifications to the bill made after it passed the House in May. Some, but not all, were due to Senate budget rules requiring the elimination of some provisions to sidestep a Democratic filibuster.

One issue that cannot be entirely attributed to decisions made by the Senate parliamentarian include the revised bill’s outsized deficit impact: “The bill violates the House framework of $1 of tax cuts for $1 of spending cuts (with 2.6% economic growth), increases the deficit by $761 billion without interest and more $1.3 trillion with interest after changes were made in base text and a wrap-around amendment was adopted,” the memo says. “This was not what Leader [John] Thune and Speaker [Mike] Johnson promised.”

The House could be in for another all-nighter

House GOP leadership is optimistic they’ll get the holdouts to flip in the coming hours. But once a deal is reached, it could take several more hours to complete the process of sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk.

Members will have to take a vote on the rule setting up floor consideration of the bill, which provides for one hour of debate. But that could go considerably longer: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is expected to give an extended “magic minute” speech which would not be deducted from the official debate time.

By Meredith Lee Hill and Mike DeBonis
07/02/2025, 6:54pm ET

See the memo below…

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