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What could Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ look like?

9 6
08.01.2025

President-elect Trump said that Republicans are working to craft a “powerful” piece of legislation to advance his agenda.

Republicans had already begun preparing to use a special procedure known as budget reconciliation to bypass Democratic opposition in the Senate to extend expiring provisions in Trump’s signature 2017 tax law. But calls have grown in the party in recent months to use the maneuver to enact other parts of Trump’s agenda, including border security.

Divides have emerged among Republicans over how to act on those priorities, including whether a two-package or one-package approach is preferable, as leadership faces a tall task to keep the party unified behind a strategy — particularly the narrow House GOP majority.

Here are some of the ideas that Republicans have floated including.

Tax cuts

Extending key parts of Trump’s signature Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been a top-of-mind issue for many congressional Republicans as they chart out their reconciliation wishlist.

That includes individual provisions that are set to expire later this year, which, if lapsed, would mean higher income tax rates for most earners, a lower standard deduction, and a rollback of the cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, among other changes.

Republicans have signaled there could be some added tweaks, with Trump also reiterating his proposal to end taxes on tips.

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