Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) used political maneuvering to strip the name of President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The Senate Minority Leader forced the name change before the package was passed 51-50 by the Senate on Tuesday.
Vice President JD Vance casted the tie breaking vote after Republican Senators Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Thom Tillis voted no on the package.
Fox News reports:
While Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., was chairing the Senate, Schumer raised a point of order against lines three to five on the first page of the legislative proposal that said, “SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘’One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'”
Schumer argued the title of the bill violated Section 313 B1A of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or what’s commonly referred to as the “Byrd Rule.”
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“This is not a ‘big, beautiful bill’ at all. That’s why I moved down the floor to strike the title. It is now called ‘the act.’ That’s what it’s called. But it is really the ‘big ugly betrayal,’ and the American people know it,” Schumer told reporters. “This vote will haunt our Republican colleagues for years to come. Because of this bill, tens of millions will lose health insurance. Millions of jobs will disappear. People will get sick and die, kids will go hungry and the debt will explode to levels we have never seen.
“This bill is so irredeemable that one Republican literally chose to retire rather than vote yes and decimate his own state,” Schumer added, referring to Sen. Thom Tills, R-N.C.
The package includes $3.3 trillion in spending, and Schumer said he wanted the name change because the bill is anything but beautiful.
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