Schmitt previews Senate bid to make Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill even more beautiful’

Published May 25, 2025 3:33pm ET



Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) previewed the changes the Senate is expected to make to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” suggesting there are “more savings” that could be enacted.

The senator took a victory lap over the “big win” that Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accomplished last week when the reconciliation bill narrowly passed in the House of Representatives, moving the legislation over to the Senate. Ahead of the Senate’s work, Schmitt detailed how the legislation, in its current form, has permanent tax cuts to the middle class along with border funding for deportations.

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