Here are the three GOP Senate holdouts on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Published July 1, 2025 2:49pm ET



President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” required a tiebreaking vote from Vice President JD Vance to pass in the Senate on Tuesday due to three GOP defectors.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) each voted with Democrats against the spending bill pushed by Republicans and the Trump administration.

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