Overview

• Senate Republicans are set to vote Monday on a $3.2 trillion tax and spending reconciliation package labeled the “big, beautiful bill.”
• CNN data analyst Harry Enten highlighted five June polls showing net unfavorable ratings from –19 (Washington Post) to –29 (KFF), signaling broad voter rejection.
• Enten called the public response “awful, horrible and, to quote Charles Barkley, terrible, terrible, terrible,” to emphasize the depth of disapproval.
• Key provisions that would cut Medicaid and food-stamp programs while providing tax breaks for corporations and wealthy individuals face particularly strong backlash.
• Rising discontent among GOP fiscal conservatives and core Trump supporters casts doubt on the measure’s ability to clear party divisions before the self-imposed July 4 deadline.