As much as U.S. House leaders hope GOP Senators will leave their Big Beautiful Bill intact, changes are certainly coming. They could include changes to the House's proposed tax policy, Medicaid cuts,

Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, stands with Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) as they address the potentially harmful consequences of cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety-net programs in the recent House-passed budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday in Levittown. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

He called for his fellow lawmakers to be "responsible," contending the "first goal of our budget reconciliation process should be to reduce the deficit."

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the U.S. air traffic system is facing a modernization crisis and called on the Senate to pass the Big Beautiful Bill's $12.5 billion transport fix.

Raising the debt ceiling is a non-starter for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. He says “I still would support the bill even with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to explode the debt. The

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will spend the week away from D.C. campaigning against the GOP's "big, beautiful bill." Why it matters: Schumer is placing pressure on fractures that are already present among Senate Republicans,

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told The Post that the party wants Americans to “feel the effects” of Trump’s agenda ahead of November 2026.

President Donald Trump personally pushed lawmakers to back his bill for major tax cuts during a visit to Capitol Hill. Trump’s visit comes as some Republicans — including Freedom Caucus members who don’t think the cuts are big enough as well as moderates who want a bigger tax deduction for wealthy homeowners — refuse to support the bill.