The Big Republican Spending Bill Debacle Disaster Adventure

大共和党巨额支出法案的灾难性冒险之旅

What A Day

2025-07-02

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The Senate passed President Donald Trump's spending bill on Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance arrived to break a 50-50 tie. The bill is now headed back to the House where Republican Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose three members and still pass the bill by a party line vote. To learn more about what this means for Republicans' big beautiful bill and the looming July Fourth deadline, we spoke with Nicholas Wu, a congressional reporter for Politico. And in headlines: President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new migrant detention center, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says Trump's tariff wars pretty much stopped it from cutting interest rates, and the Trump-Musk feud is reignited. Show Notes: Check out Nicholas's work – www.politico.com/staff/nicholas-wuCall Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Wednesday, July 2nd, I'm Jane Coaston, and this is What a Day,

  • the show that is not going to spend $250 to smell like President Donald Trump.

  • His new fragrance, called Victory 4547, is supposed to represent, quote, winning.

  • Because nothing says winning like being the president of the United States and still feeling the need to sell cologne.

  • On today's show,

  • Elon Musk and Trump's bromance breakup continues and a new study finds that shuddering USAID will result in the deaths of millions of people around the world.

  • Good work, Doge.

  • But let's talk about the big Republican spending bill debacle disaster adventure.

  • That's what we're calling it.

  • On Tuesday morning,

  • the Senate passed President Trump's spending bill after Vice President J.D.

  • Vance arrived to break a 50-50 tie.

  • And it's probably not a great sign for what this bill will actually do to America that this is how Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski responded to a question about voting for it.

  • I advocated for my state's interests.

  • I will continue to do that and I will make no excuses for doing that.

  • Do I like this bill?

  • No. Because I try to take care of Alaska's interests.

  • But I know, I know that in many parts of the country,

  • there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill.

  • I don't like that.