“I want to see the tax cuts made permanent, but I also want to see the $5 trillion in new debt removed from the bill. At least 4 of us in the Senate feel this way.”That was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on X.com on June 3 outlining his and at least three other Republican senators’ opposition to the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will extend and expand the 2017 Trump tax cuts, including no income tax on tips and overtime, provide tax relief for seniors who collect Social Security, allocates almost $47 billion for the border wall and bars 1.4 million illegal aliens from collecting Medicaid and other public benefits.That is, unless the $4 trillion increase of the debt ceiling is removed from Section 113001 of the bill.
