U.S. Senate has two years test coming up
On NHPR, I heard Sen. Jim Jordan elected as Republican Senate Minority Leader for the next two years. He said, “When Democrats offer more government, we’ll offer more freedom. And we will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day.” Commentary called him: “brawler.”
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, enacted on July 4, 2025, is shamelessly tricky. While the millionaires and billionaires got a huge tax cut for years, the people, yes, got the “freedom” of less government.
Over six million had SNAP benefits cut off. Starting in January, 2027, Medicaid’s funding cuts and new work requirements will free people from medical care help. (Estimate for New Hampshire’s coverage loss — between 14,000 and 29,000 people.) Lost Medicaid coverage can close budget-stressed hospitals, often rural. FEMA help, after damages done by increasingly rough climate-changed storms and fires. Elon Musk’s “work” with DOGE, preceding the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill, reduced FEMA’s reach, giving people the freedom to recover on their own. Sen. Jim Jordan will lead this freedom “from government.”
The One Big Beautiful Act’s full rollout takes into 2029. The Democrats’ Senate majority leader faces off with 62-year-old Jim Jordan. The people demand change. Gloves off? Elderly Sen. Bernie Sanders is recommending against elderly Sen. Chuck Schumer. Open discussion is needed.