WASHINGTON - As Senate Republican leaders propose a massive bill to President Donald Trump’s agenda by July 4, they are challenging many competitive demands.
Some senators are real threats to vote against the legislation, while others hope to finally support it after using their requirements to shape the legislation. Some of them have complex political considerations. The spoken out Republicans pointed out that various ways of the Senate House bill could change as party leaders seek enough concerns.
Since all Democrats will vote against the plan, Republicans will need at least 50 votes to pass it, as Vice President JD Vance may break the draw.
These are the seven key senators.
Senator Rand Paul, R-ky. He is the only Republican senator who voted against the legislation in every step. He exploded in military spending, a huge increase in deficits, especially the $5 trillion debt limit. Paul does support the key part of the packaging — extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts — but he wants to offset it with trillions of dollars in additional spending cuts, and the Republicans have no hope of reaching consensus.
Paul usually doesn't play games with the red line. Unless face-to-face does not match the characteristics, he wants him to vote against the bill.
R-Maine Senator Susan Collins is the only state that Republican senator represents Democrats to win at the presidential level. She will face re-election this year. Her trajectory has been revealing, from supporting the initial budget solution to the vote on the revised version. The key reason why she objected? Worry about Medicaid cuts that harm low-income and older people.
As Republican leaders began to consider, she also said she was retained for wasting and fraud in Medicare. In addition, Collins and others (R-Utah) will firmly oppose the veto, and if she cancels certain policies, the Senate internal referees resolve the rules dispute.
Collins voted for the party’s 2017 tax law, but she was willing to vote on major Republican bills in the past. Party leaders will need to take her demands seriously to win her vote.
When R-Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski voted in favor of the budget blueprint in April, which began the process of making legislation, she quickly ate a series of dissatisfactions that need to be addressed, or she would “cannot support” the final product. Among other things, her questions about Medicaid cuts, which her party uses to cover up the cost of tax cuts.
Two months later, her concerns remain. NBC News asked her on Thursday what she wanted to change in the emerging bill, and Merkowski replied dryly: "Oh, I'll give you a list."
Murkowski criticized the leeway and repeal of the clean energy tax credit that benefited her state, and wrote a letter with three of her colleagues in April - Jerry Moran, Kansas, Thom Tillis, RN.C. and Curtis - highlighted the importance of U.S. energy independence, which they believe could undermine the outcome of the bill.
Murkowski showed independent streak and willingness to take political arrows when she stances.
R-Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, will help make some of the largest and most controversial bills, including tax cuts and Medicaid cuts. Despite his soft and non-confrontational style, Crapo cannot make everyone happy.
Any changes he makes in the Senate must be tasty for a thin House Republican majority, the health of the House of Representatives majorities before passing the version of its bill with a profit from a note.
An example of disconnection is the addition of $40,000 in state and local tax breaks to appease a group of blue state House Republicans. But there is no Republican senator representing Blue State, which is a big problem. "The Senate Republican Caucus is not in a strong mood at the moment" to expand the salt, Crabbe said.
The bill represents the biggest test he has ever carried out the powerful mallet.
RN.C. Senator Thom Tillis said he wanted to adopt a more "targeted" approach to adjusting the sustained amount of the clean energy tax credit to protect U.S. businesses that have already invested in existing projects. He said, “It is generally believed that the language recommended by the House will be modified.” Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Shelley Moore Capito, RW.VA. Agree, telling NBC News that some cycle volumes may be delayed.
Tillis, a member of the Finance Committee, is surely sure of the direction of the bill, which makes it possible for him to vote “is”. But he doubts the Senate will reach its Independence Day deadline: “By July 4, there are a lot of things that have to do everything exactly right.”
Tillis faces a tough political balance: he will be re-election in the state Democrats are going to target next year. But first, he needs to pass the Republican primary, which means keeping Trump’s good side.
R-Wis. Senator Ron Johnson opposes the bill, whose estimated $2.4 trillion donations to the deficit, insisting that he cannot vote in writing. He slammed a big box office idea, calling for hiking that breaks it down and limits debt ceilings.
Johnson said Trump asked him to "minus the negative" at a meeting at the White House on Wednesday.
"I think there was a good, lively discussion between the two of us," Johnson told NBC News. "He obviously hoped I would be less negative and more positive, and I would be happy to do that."
Johnson said he was not trying to make Trump and Republican leaders work harder. After the Senator's initial opposition, Senator Zig-zag gradually involved the "yes" of the 2017 tax law, so party leaders have reason to be optimistic that he would not indulge in the legislation.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Always an opponent of the Senate Republicans’ most Medicaid “benefits” cuts – he is specific about which part of the House bill he fears is due to Medicaid provider tax and cost-sharing rules.
It is worth noting that he is good at covering losses due to Medicaid job requirements and proof of eligibility, Hawley said. Those make up most of the savings in the Housing Act.
Hawley also said it retained any provision in the bill related to Medicare, and Republicans recently said they would discuss savings related to so-called "waste, fraud and abuse." "If you don't want to win the election again, walk around with the people who work hard and give me the health insurance."