A wide-ranging tax cut-and-spending bill being pushed by President Donald Trump faces an uncertain path in the Senate, but a number of GOP supporters on Capitol Hill are busy making the case for its passage.
One such voice is Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who stressed the importance of securing the funding necessary to carry out the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
He made the case during an interview on Wednesday, according to the Daily Caller:
“One of the things that’s happening right now is we have to get the one big beautiful bill through. Tom Homan and Kristi Noem, they need the bed space. They need the capacity in order to do that. And so once that bill gets through, they’ll have all the resources they need to speed up that process of getting criminal illegals out of the United States,” Donalds told host Elizabeth MacDonald.
Conservative fiscal hawks in the Senate warn that President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” may fail unless the GOP agrees to deeper spending cuts. With a critical four-week window to pass the president’s tax and spending proposal before the July 4 deadline, deficit-focused Senate Republicans are pushing GOP leadership to secure more substantial spending reductions than the $1.6 trillion agreed upon by House Republicans.
ADVERTISEMENTDonalds then highlighted the significant progress made under President Donalds Trump’s administration, particularly in securing the southern border.
“When it comes to what the number one thing that the president did when he came into office, he shut down a southern border. That’s why illegal border crosses border crossings have fallen off a cliff after Donald Trump became president of the United States,” Donalds added. “Fentanyl trafficking fallen off a cliff when Donald Trump became president of the United States. Now, we have to get them the resources to send these criminal illegals home.”
A number of other prominent Republicans have contributed to the cause of promoting the legislation this week:
The One Big Beautiful Bill is America First.
It delivers $4 trillion in tax cuts for working families, paid for by $1.6 trillion in mandatory spending reform and $2.5 trillion in economic growth. pic.twitter.com/FFQmQwLKcx
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) June 4, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill should be about cutting taxes, securing the border, and unleashing American energy, NOT surrendering state power to the AI industry for 10 years.
We can beat China without selling out our values.
I will NEVER support destroying federalism. pic.twitter.com/hGuxlJuEVS
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) June 4, 2025
And Trump himself has been busy courting lawmakers and pushing back against critics:
“So many false statements are being made about ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’ but what nobody understands is that it’s the single biggest Spending Cut in History, by far!” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/hy7vgHAQqa
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 2, 2025
Fox News covered some of the other arguments being made in favor of the bill:
Over in red Staten Island, New York, Trump supporters also came out to back the bill, saying any financial cost would be worth it in the end.
“I think the benefits of the Big Beautiful Bill will outweigh any negativity,” one man said.
“Overall, everything he’s going to be doing is going to take us to a better place,” another Trump supporter said.
Others dismissed Republicans and independents who’ve come out against it.
ADVERTISEMENT“He’s the commander-in-chief,” one man said. “Where do you get off telling the commander-in-chief what to do?”
In Lapeer County, Michigan, where voters overwhelmingly supported Trump in the 2024 election, residents said they were concerned about the rising national debt, but were also wary of those criticizing it.
“I don’t believe that’s true,” Joe said of economic predictions. “I believe that’s just to turn people against Trump.”
And here’s an in-depth review of where the debate currently stands:
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