It’s hard enough to know what you want. It’s even more difficult to know what other people want. But if what you want depends on what someone else wants…and they don’t know what They are want?
Therefore, the challenges we face now Congressional Republicans When they try to approve the “big and beautiful bill.”
Gopers are waiting President Trump Push a very specific item into the bill, or fall on the side of the road.
Congressional Republicans work closely with the president and are pleased to meet his wishes. But it complicates things when Trump wants what he calls a “small” tax hike for the super-rich people.
Trump says tax rise is “good politics,” dismisses GOP critics
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee attend a markup hearing on May 13, 2025 at the Longworth House Building in Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“People want to do that. They’re rich. I want to do that. [have] more. So it’s really a redistribution,” the president said.
First, President Trump proposed a form of distribution, limiting the number of pencils a child needs and the number of dolls a girl has. It confusing GOP-free marketers.
Now, to use his phrase “redistribution.”
I understand how much heartburn this will in Congress bring to capitalists. But even worse, there’s a mix of messaging.
When writing social about creating a higher tax system for the wealthy, the president confused his directions for lawmakers.
“Republicans probably shouldn’t do that, but if that’s the case I’ll be fine!!!” declared President Trump.
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This has angered Congressional Republicans who opposed raising taxes – a long-standing Republican doctrine.
In another political universe, burdening the wealthy people would at best become a trial balloon. So most Congressional Republicans decided this was the time to pop.
“No, we’re not going to raise taxes,” Fox Business’ R-Calif. Rep. Darrell Issa said.
Rep. Darrell Issa of R-Calif will be attending the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 17, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“We don’t want to raise taxes on anyone, that is, about lowering taxes on Americans.”
But President Trump’s Republican Reagan Republican. The GOP moves to where Trump wants. Consider approaches to tariffs compared to free trade.
Trump is pushing tax cuts for the wealthy as the deadline for “big and beautiful bills” approaches
President Trump expanded his party’s base in the last election. GOP is no longer controlled by large corporations, Titans of Commerce, and the wealthy ones. Part of the president’s appeal was a blue-collar coalition where he cobbled together. And his basic economic message about taxes resonated with millions of voters. That’s why his top advisors say Trump is sticking to his campaign promises.
“President Trump has made it clear that he has his prioritized not to have a tax on tips. There is no tax on overtime. There is no tax on social security,” said Kevin Hassett, director of Fox’s National Economic Council.
However, revenue generated from new taxes on the wealthy will help cover the costs of spending reductions.
“We need to see what we have to do with mathematics. We make sure we are financially doing the country and we are not just increasing our debt,” said R-Neb Rep. Adrian Smith.
But Republicans are getting frustrated after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reduced the scale of tax cuts and spending cuts.
The tax credit was expected to be around $4.5 trillion at some point. They fell to $4 trillion. They were fishing to close the $2 trillion tax cut. They’re back to $1.5 trillion.
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“Republicans talk about big games in their campaigns,” lamented House Budget Committee Chairman Joday Arlington, R-Texas. “If you can’t bending the curve with essential spending, you’ll send a very bad signal to the bond market.”
But regardless of the package content, the White House expects Congressional Republicans to eventually vote for Yes on the “big and beautiful bill.”
“The president has great political instincts, so he’s back in his oval office,” said White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt.
But that’s something that Congressional Republicans found very troublesome. The president may have a big political instinct. However, the marching order was not clear.
Trump admitted that the tax hike could be politically controversial.
Congressional Republicans suffer from political PTSD. They remember another Republican president who made one of the most famous political promises of all time. And then I broke it.
On the Southern Lawn of the White House, US President George H.W. Bush speaks before the signature ceremony of Washington, DC’s 1990 Disability Persons Act (or ADA) on July 26, 1990. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)
“There are no new taxes,” the late President George H.W. Bush said in his speech at a joint 1989 Congressional meeting.
But Bush overturned himself as part of the 1990 budget agreement. That wasn’t necessarily the reason why Bush 41 lost re-election for former President Clinton in 1992. And President Trump was sure it was enough to point that out on social media.
“The radical left Democrat madman was yelling, “I read my lips,” and rounding the legendary quote by George Bush, who allegedly took him to vote. I wrote Trump.
Presidential candidate Ross Perro speaks during the 1992 presidential debate. (Wally McNamee/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
“Pero Effect” certainly took George HW Bush from the second season rather than breaking its “new tax-free” promise. But that doesn’t mean that Republicans aren’t skittish about voting for tax increases.
Anyway, the legislative product that emerged from this week’s Methods and Means Committee markup didn’t have the kind of tax hike President Trump was hanging.
That said, Congressional Republicans certainly have their views on what they think of the development of the “big and beautiful bill.”
“We’re growing numbers. We don’t want smoke or mirrors. We need real cuts,” Rep. Ralph Norman said. “2 trillion dollars (in a cut) are actually sea tears.”
“There’s a front load tax [cuts]. Backload spending control, “Rep. Chip Roy of R-Texas.
“It would be ironic and sad that conservatives vote for the biggest increase in debt caps,” Sen. Rand Paul denied R-KY. “We feel that spending cuts are weakening.
So, at least some Republicans know what they want in the bill. And they are willing to take direction from the president. So, the clear direction from Pennsylvania Avenue in 1600 will be key next week as the House seeks to pass this measure.
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Members will say they can’t vote for the bill because they have or excluded it. But if President Trump knows what he wants, they might just be able to vote. And make that clear to lawmakers.
