May 16, 2025, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano urged President Donald Trump, House and Senate leaders to work through individual member concerns on the tax cut and border security budget bill so that it has the votes needed for passage:
“The first draft of the One, Big Beautiful Bill extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts, ends the income tax on tips and overtime and provides tax relief for seniors who are collecting Social Security. It secures the border by finishing the border wall. It ends Medicaid for illegal aliens and has other cost savings that are passed on to the American people. But not all members are happy and some want more spending cuts to reduce deficits, while others have disagreements over the state and local tax deduction and other provisions.
“At the end of the day, nothing will be perfect, and so Americans for Limited Government urges President Trump, House and Senate leaders to confer carefully with individual members to work through specific lingering concerns. If more spending cuts are needed to reduce deficits, then get more cuts. If more tax relief is needed, then provide more tax relief. Those are two things that the American people support. The less we spend, the less we should be taxed. Because the bill must be done under budget reconciliation, it cannot achieve every single goal, but by working deliberatively with members it will get across the finish line and only become an even Better, Big Beautiful Bill in the process.
“Politically, the consequences of not getting the legislation done would be Congressional Republicans despite winning the popular vote, the White House, the House and the Senate could not deliver on their promises to the American people, disenfranchising 77 million voters. Making matters worse, on Dec. 31, if nothing is done, taxes will automatically increase on most Americans. If the American people had wanted taxes to go up, they could have voted for Kamala Harris. They were promised if President Trump won and Republicans had elected majorities that would not happen. If that’s the record members want to run on in 2026, then do nothing. But if members want to run on tax cuts, border security and fiscal sanity, then come together, make the compromises that are necessary, be mindful that it will never be perfect — and then pass it!”
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