RINO Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is now putting the entire passage of President Trump’s agenda in peril.
Today, the Senate will vote on a motion to advance President Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ As its name implies, the bill is packed full of legislation, but the most crucial element boils down to making some big tax cuts permanent.
The bill isn’t perfect, and President Trump recognizes that. But, he wants to get the American people their tax cuts ASAP and deal with the rest later.
That said, some members of the GOP see it differently. Sen. Ron Johnson has confirmed that he will vote against it, and Rand Paul is also very likely a no.
Now, Sen. Thom Tillis has just backstabbed President Trump, saying he is going to vote ‘no’ on both the motion to proceed today and on the final vote.
Alex Miller of Fox News reported:
Tillis, who has warned about the impact of state directed payments to North Carolina, tells me he is a “no” on the motion to proceed.
“I respect their choice,” he said. “It’s not a good impact in my state, so I’m not going to vote on the motion to proceed.”
— Alex Miller (@AlexMillerFox1) June 28, 2025
Sen. Tillis released this statement:
The Senate version of the One Big Beautiful bill contains significant changes to Medicaid that would be devastating to North Carolina, and I cannot support it. The Senate should go back to the House’s commonsense approach to Medicaid reform to enact work requirements while… pic.twitter.com/eFIc31R0sQ
— Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) June 28, 2025
Sen. Tillis’s defection on the bill means that we cannot lose any other votes, or else the bill will fail.
That means that the other potential holdouts — Sen. Rick Scott, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski — better get on board fast.
Luckily, Susan Collins is reportedly a ‘yes’ on the motion to proceed.
Per The Hill:
Collins said she will vote Saturday to begin debate on the megabill but she says she wants to make several changes to it and is not guaranteed to vote “yes” on final passage.
“I am planning to vote for the motion to proceed. Generally, I give deference to the majority leader’s power to bring bills to the Senate floor. Does not in any way predict how I’m going to vote on final passage,” Collins told reporters Saturday.
President Trump is reportedly meeting with Sen. Rick Scott today to get him on board.
As for Lisa Murkowski, she hasn’t indicated yet as to which way she will be voting.
Fox News has more:
A vulnerable Senate Republican put his foot down against President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over concerns of deep Medicaid cuts inside the megabill.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital that he would not support the measure through a procedural hurdle necessary to kick off a marathon of debate and amendment voting that would eventually culminate in the measure’s final passage.
Tillis, who is up for reelection in 2026, said after exiting the Senate GOP’s closed-door lunch that he has a “great relationship” with his colleagues, but that he couldn’t support the colossal bill.
“We just have a disagreement,” he said. “And, you know, my colleagues have done the analysis, and they’re comfortable with the impact on their states. I respect their choice. It’s not a good impact in my state, so I’m not going to vote on the motion to proceed.”
He also won’t support the bill during the final stretch. Tillis is part of a cohort of Senate Republicans who have expressed reservations over the Senate GOP’s changes to the Medicaid provider tax rate.
Tillis’ resistance to the bill is a bad sign for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who can only afford to lose three votes. So far, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has vowed to vote against the procedural test, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is expected to follow suit.
Trump was meeting with Johnson and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fl., another possible holdout, during the lunch.
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