--- title: Senators Consider Amendments to Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" Ahead of July 4 Deadline | TIME description: Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people, faces its biggest overhaul in decades under President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending package now being considered by the Senate that would slash its funding. Senate Republicans are racing to meet President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July deadline to pass legislation that contains big tax breaks and spending cuts. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Senators Consider Amendments to Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" Ahead of July 4 Deadline [Watch (HLS stream): Senators Consider Amendments to Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" Ahead of July 4 Deadline](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kbxYSBd2.m3u8) (2:39)  _Published 2025-06-30. Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people, faces its biggest overhaul in decades under President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending package now being considered by the Senate that would slash its funding. Senate Republicans are racing to meet President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July deadline to pass legislation that contains big tax breaks and spending cuts. The House is being called back to session for votes as soon as Wednesday, if the Senate can pass the bill._ --- Jun 30, 2025 10:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [House Republicans Pass 'Big Beautiful Bill,' Sending It to Trump's Desk](/video/ObiX7D4N/) ### House Republicans Pass 'Big Beautiful Bill,' Sending It to Trump's Desk [Senators React to Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Narrowly Passing](/video/lwH7qRBI/) ### Senators React to Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Narrowly Passing [Senate Narrowly Passes Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Sending It Back to House](/video/QN2jug7B/) ### Senate Narrowly Passes Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Sending It Back to House --- ## Transcript Mr. Scott of Florida, I. This is called the vote a rama for a reason. So we're about ready to walk into Thunderdome. I don't know how many they're going to be. Mrs. Gillibrand, I miss Orono. Today. Senate Republicans have to decide, choose the American people, or bow down to Donald Trump and his coterie of billionaires, because this bill, as we have said for months, steals people's health care, jacks up their electricity bill, takes away their jobs, all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. There are a lot of government programs that haven't been looked at in a long time. We all acknowledge that 75% now of federal spending is what we call mandatory spending entitlement programs, things that Congress doesn't annually appropriate for, and it continues to grow at an uncontrollable rate. In fact, the growth in the rate of Medicaid spending in the last five years has been 50%. That's not sustainable. We know that's not sustainable. And it's also incredibly important that we pass this one big, beautiful bill, which is the largest tax cuts in American history. And that's why the white House and the president himself have been in touch with lawmakers all weekend long to get this bill passed, and they are working very hard to do so. It remains a top priority for the president. And as we all know, the one big beautiful bill makes the Trump tax cuts permanent. The white House and the president are adamant that this bill is passed, and that this bill makes its way to his desk. Republicans need to stay tough and unified during the home stretch, and we are counting on them to get the job done. What is the president's confidence level in getting 218 votes in the House by the end of this week, in order for him to sign it on Friday? Look, we are very well aware the president is very well aware that this bill needs to not only pass out of the Senate, but it needs to go back to the House. And we need the full weight of the Republican conference to get behind this bill. And we expect them to and we are confident that they will. This bill protects Medicaid, as I laid out for you, for those who truly deserve this program, the needy pregnant women, children, sick Americans who physically cannot work. And what it does is it ensures that able bodied Americans who can work 20 hours a week are actually doing so, and that will therefore strengthen and protect those benefits for Americans who need it, as well as cutting out the waste, fraud and abuse, as well as getting 1.4 million illegal aliens off of the program. So all of those measures are actually going to protect it for those who need it. That's the president's position, and that's what this bill does. 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