EDITORIAL: John Thune’s masterful passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill shows Republicans are here to win
Large spending bills are a reality of D.C. and they carry a love-hate relationship with them. Some lawmakers love them because of the opportunities to get wins in Washington for their home districts while others despise them due to their impact on the national debt and historical wanton spending.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.), however, threaded the needle perfectly with the upper chamber passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The masterful passage of President Trump’s and the Republicans’ top priority by Thune not only illustrated why the South Dakota senator was chosen to lead his party in the upper chamber but that he is the right person to take the reins from retiring Senator Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.).
Thune’s Senate passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill also shows that Republicans are not just here to play, but to win.
By passing the bill through the Senate amid heavy opposition from the Democrats and some Republican defectors, Thune showed that he and the GOP are masters of math and magisters of making America great again.
The Big, Beautiful Bill’s passage more importantly showed the American people that their voices are heard and the change they demanded at the ballot box in November won’t falter. We know that our tax cuts will be made permanent and that our economy is on the upswing. We are excited about the work requirements for Medicaid to stop the abuse of our system and the defrauding of our taxpayer dollars. We are celebrating the increase to state and local tax (SALT) deductions.
These are just a few of the provisions that Thune and the Senate Republicans delivered on for us, the American people — let alone no taxes on tips or overtime — and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s passage will undoubtedly help bolster the Senate Republicans come 2026.
House Republicans have the opportunity to deliver the same wins for the American people by passing the bill in the lower chamber.
And — based on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D., N.Y.) hours-long, sleep-inducing “magic minute” speech on the chamber floor — the Democrats know that a win like this in the House spells bad news bears for them in the next election.
