Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — It’s More Like Yogurt Than Wine | The American Spectator

“This bill is like yogurt, not wine,” one senator said, describing the One Big Beautiful Bill to Semafor. It was an apt description for legislation that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by Independence Day.
At an East Room event Thursday, Trump dismissed the not-on-board senators as “grandstanders.”
Because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by Trump in 2017 sunsets this year, Congress has to pass a new measure to prevent many families from facing painful and unanticipated tax hikes. The House has passed a bill. As I write this, the Senate has not. The One Big Beautiful Bill would make the TCJA cuts permanent and toss in extra benefits, including a boost in the child tax credit to $2,500 per family. Per Trump’s 2024 campaign promises, the measure also includes “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime.”
There’s money for the border and increased funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement because this administration actually believes in implementing and following federal law. Spending reforms include the directive that able-bodied Medicaid recipients without children either work or volunteer part-time. The measure also ends benefits for “1.4 million illegal immigrants who are gaming the system,” according to a White House fact sheet.
The Trump administration boasts that the measure “reverses the Biden-era mandate that Medicaid cover so-called ‘gender transition’ procedures — ending the taxpayer-funded chemical castration and mutilation of American children.” That’s popular.
At the same time, Trump proposes boosting spending for the military, revitalizing shipbuilding and the maritime industrial base, and modernizing the Air Traffic Control system.
What’s not to like?
Well, a few things.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, is concerned the Trump move to cut funding for international aid will defund America’s “soft power.” The Solon of the Senate reminded his colleagues, “If you’re concerned about spending,” consider how much wars cost.
On that same note, when Office…