Overview

• The Senate approved the One Big Beautiful Bill, extending 2017 tax cuts and imposing $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts plus reduced SNAP benefits that could impact 12 million recipients.
• The Congressional Budget Office projects the legislation will add about $3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, a forecast GOP supporters now dispute.
• On July 2–3, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Brianna Keilar confronted Rep. Tim Burchett live on air, highlighting his claim that cuts target only illegal benefit recipients and challenging the accuracy of his statements.
• Burchett accused the CBO of partisan bias—citing that 85% of its health care staff are Democrats—and called for its disbandment despite having introduced resolutions to require mandatory CBO score readings.
• Speaker Mike Johnson urged Republican colleagues to set aside personal objections and unite behind the measure amid dissent from budget hawks over welfare reductions.