A ‘Big, Beautiful’ Risk for Republicans

Dan Balz: “The 2026 midterm elections are still far into the future, but Republicans are placing a big and risky bet that they can survive the coming attacks on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cut bill and the potential impact of his erratic tariff policies. History is not on their side.”

“That spending and tax cut bill, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill, still has significant hurdles ahead. It passed the House by a single vote early Thursday after lobbying by the president and late adjustments to accommodate both deficit hawks and blue-state moderates. Senate Republicans promise to rework it before it goes back to the House for what could be another ‘Perils of Pauline’ episode before it reaches Trump’s desk.”