08.06.25

Seven Months of Unparalleled Republican Successes

In Spite of Democrats’ Historic Obstacles and Obstruction, Senate Republicans and President Trump Have Achieved Historic Accomplishments for the American People

SENATE REPUBLICANS PASSED THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, CEMENTING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AGENDA AND PROTECTING WORKING FAMILIES BY PREVENTING THE LARGEST TAX HIKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act permanently extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, preventing a $4.3 trillion tax increase on the American people, including a $2.6 trillion tax hike on households earning less than $400,000 per year. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street – 6/28/25; The Wall Street Journal: Editorial: Republicans Reconcile on Taxes – 2/14/25; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Crapo: Senate Republican Plan Powers Economic Growth, Delivers Tax Relief – 6/30/25)
  • The law creates new tax relief for tipped and overtime workers and gives those making less than $50,000 the largest proportional tax cut. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street – 6/28/25; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: One Big Beautiful Bill Act – accessed 8/5/25)
  • On top of this historic relief for American taxpayers, the law also reduces the burden on Main Street businesses, including:
    • Making permanent the “small business deduction, enabling job creation and spurring local economic activity.”
    • “Full expensing for domestic R&D to encourage domestic innovation.”
    • “Full expensing for new capital investments, like machinery and equipment, to boost domestic production.”
    • “Restor[ing] interest deductibility to a globally competitive standard to help finance critical domestic investments.”
    • “Full expensing for new factories and factory improvements to accelerate domestic manufacturing.”
    • “Permanently renew[ing] and enhanc[ing] the Opportunity Zone program, driving $100+ billion of investment to rural and distressed communities.” (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: Republicans are Powering the Economy Through Pro-Growth Tax Policy – 6/24/25)

 

PRESIDENT TRUMP SECURED THE BORDER AND IS WORKING TO KEEP THE HOMELAND SAFE. SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE SUPPORTED HIS EFFORTS WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL BORDER SECURITY FUNDING AND CRITICAL MILITARY INVESTMENTS

  • “Illegal crossings at the nation's borders have fallen to their lowest point in decades… The data suggest that President Trump's hardline immigration approach — especially along the U.S.-Mexico border — may be achieving its goal.” (Axios: Illegal border crossings hit decades low under Trump crackdown – 7/15/25)
  • “United States Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks posted to X… that southwest border apprehensions hit a monthly record low in July, with only 4,399 apprehensions. For the third month in a row, there have been zero releases. This is the new all-time record low, beating the prior record low of 6,070 in June.” (Fox News: Border apprehensions hit record low in dramatic turnaround from Biden era – 8/1/25)
  • “Overall, the Republican-led Congress set aside roughly $170 billion for immigration enforcement and border security efforts through the legislation, including $75 billion in extra funding for ICE, making it by far the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.” (CBS News: Trump's "big, beautiful bill" gives ICE unprecedented funds to ramp up mass deportation campaign – 7/10/25)
  • To ensure the Trump administration has adequate funding to keep the border secure, the law provides:
    • “$46.5 billion to complete construction of the border wall.”
    • “$14.4 billion for removal transportation.”
    • “$12 billion in state reimbursements for states that fought against the Biden administration’s open border.”
    • “$4.1 billion to hire additional CBP personnel, including 3,000 more customs officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents.”
    • “$3.2 billion for new technology and $2.7 billion for new cutting-edge border surveillance.”
    • Funding for ICE “to hire 10,000 new agents, which would allow the rate of deportations to reach as high as 1 million per year. ICE currently has 20,000 law enforcement and support personnel across 400 offices.” (U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Noem Commends President Trump and One Big Beautiful Bill Signing into Law: Historic Win for the American People and the Rule of Law – 7/4/25)
  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also provides over $150 billion to rebuild America’s military, including:
    • “$29 billion for shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base.”
    • “$16 billion to improve readiness, including through modernization of depots, additional spare parts for aircraft, and expanded naval maintenance.”
    • “increas[ing] scale production of innovative low-cost and next-generation weapons like drones, counter-drone tech, low-cost munitions, and artificial intelligence.” (Sen. Wicker: Wicker Details the Provisions of the Reconciliation Bill – 7/3/25)

 

REPUBLICANS RACKED UP ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE VICTORIES: ADDITIONAL BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAWS, OVERTURNING BIDEN-ERA OVERREACH, AND PASSING BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

  • The Senate passed three appropriations bills, the first time the Senate has passed an appropriations bill before the August state work period since 2018. (Politico: Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff – 8/1/25; Punchbowl News’ Samantha Handler: post on X – 8/1/25)
    • Last year, despite the Senate Appropriations Committee passing 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills on a bipartisan basis, then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) chose not to bring a single one to the floor. (CNN: Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress – 3/10/25; Punchbowl News: AM: The appropriations mess rolls on – 7/31/24; Congressional Research Service: Appropriations Status Table: FY2025 – accessed 8/5/25)
  • “President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on [January 29], marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.” (Fox News: Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration – 1/29/25)
    • “The measure, which advanced through the House and Senate in January, directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft-related crimes, or those accused of assaulting a police officer. The law also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused to their citizens because of illegal immigration.” (Fox News: Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration – 1/29/25)
  • Working to combat the opioid epidemic, the Senate passed and President Trump signed the bipartisan HALT Fentanyl Act into law. (White House: President Trump Signs HALT Fentanyl Act into Law – 7/16/25; S. 331: Roll Call Vote #127 – 3/14/25; The Washington Examiner: Democrats to hand Trump second legislative win with Senate fentanyl vote – 3/6/25)
  • The law “update[s] federal law to list fentanyl knockoffs in the same category as heroin or LSD permanently,” which allows “law enforcement to impose stiff penalties on their production and sale…” (The Washington Examiner: Democrats to hand Trump second legislative win with Senate fentanyl vote – 3/6/25)
  • After passing the Senate with a bipartisan 68-30 vote, President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law, creating “the first-ever U.S. regulatory framework for digital tokens known as stablecoins whose value is pegged to the dollar.” (White House: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Signs GENIUS Act into Law – 7/18/25; S. 1582: Roll Call Vote #318 – 6/17/25; Politico: Senators ‘working to get back to the table’ on crypto bill, key Dem says – 5/13/25)

 

THANKS TO THE WORK OF SENATE REPUBLICANS, THE SENATE CONFIRMED 135 CIVILIAN NOMINEES AS OF THIS WEEK, OUTPACING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, DESPITE HISTORIC OBSTRUCTION FROM DEMOCRATS

  • The Senate has confirmed 135 of President Trump’s civilian nominees, outpacing the first Trump administration at this point in time. (Senate Majority Leader: President Trump's Senate-Confirmed Civilian Nominees – accessed 8/5/25)
  • This milestone was achieved despite President Trump being the only president on record to not have a single civilian nominee confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent at this point in his presidency. (U.S. Congress: 119th Congress Nominees – accessed 8/5/25; The Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: Thune Says Trump Nominees Are Being Confirmed At Rapid Pace Despite ‘Historic’ Obstruction – 6/14/25)

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  • The Senate has already taken 499 votes, which is more than every Congress at this point in the last 35-plus years, and already more votes than in all but two of those entire years. (U.S. Senate: Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session (2025) – accessed 8/5/25)
  • “Democrats, under pressure to show they are fighting back against Mr. Trump and the Republicans, have required votes on every nominee to reach the floor, often using their right to force two votes while insisting on the minimum two-hour delay between the votes.” (The New York Times: Confirmation Slowdown Forces a Senate Showdown – 7/30/25)
  • “With about 1,200 positions needing Senate confirmation, the approach would theoretically require 2,400 votes when the Senate took just under 340 votes all of last year.” (The New York Times: Confirmation Slowdown Forces a Senate Showdown – 7/30/25)
  • “Democrats, who are struggling with low job approval ratings, are under heavy pressure from liberal voters who want congressional Democrats to grind Trump’s agenda to a halt.” (The Hill: Democrats turn routine Trump nominees into pitched partisan battles – 7/29/25)

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