The Senate, during a vote-a-rama on the One Big Beautiful Bill on Monday afternoon, failed to include a provision that would end illegal aliens from fraudulently receiving Medicaid benefits.

Per Townhall, the vote to remove illegals from Medicaid failed by a margin of 56-44.

NEW: The Senate just failed a vote (56-44) on President Trump’s OBBB to remove Medicaid benefits from illegal aliens.

If it weren’t for the Senate Parliamentarian’s interference, this vote would’ve succeeded with just 51 votes. pic.twitter.com/7eztg2RicE

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 30, 2025

Removing illegals from Medicaid benefits was one of the key provisions in the bill that the unelected Senate Parliamentarian rejected by applying the “Byrd Rule.” This causes these provisions to require 60 votes instead of a simple majority.

If it weren’t for the Senate Parliamentarian’s rejection of this measure, it would have passed.

This failed vote comes after RINO Thom Tillis, who announced he will not seek reelection after Trump slammed him in a statement, was railing on the Senate Floor against the bill’s cuts to Medicaid for illegal aliens, refugees, and asylum seekers.

“Republicans are about to make a mistake on health care and betray a promise. It is inescapable that this bill in its current form will betray the very promise that Donald J. Trump made in the Oval Office—or in the Cabinet Room, when I was there with Finance—where he said, ‘we can go after waste, fraud, and abuse on any programs,’” Tillis said, claiming that the President was relying on bad advice that would hurt Americans.

RINO on the Loose! Senator Thom Tillis Launches Tirade Against Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ After Announcing Retirement—Says It Will “Break Promises” to Medicaid Recipients

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to his dishonest rant during a press briefing earlier on Monday, saying that Tillis is "wrong" as she highlighted how the bill protects American citizens who need Medicaid assistance and removes 1.4 million illegals from the program.

"He is just wrong, and the President and the vast majority of Republicans who are supportive of this legislation are right. This bill protects Medicaid, as I laid out for you, for those who truly deserve this program, the needy, pregnant women, children, sick Americans who physically cannot work. And what it does is it ensures that able bodied Americans who can work 20 hours a week are actually doing so, and that will therefore strengthen and protect those benefits for Americans who need it, as well as cutting out the waste, fraud and abuse, as well as getting 1.4 million illegal aliens off of the program," Leavitt told reporters.

"So all of those measures are actually going to protect it for those who need it. That's the President's position, and that's what this bill does, and that's why Republicans need to vote for it and get it to the President's desk."

The House is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to vote on the final version of the bill as passed by the Senate.

However, it is unclear how many Republicans plan to oppose the bill due to the changes made during the Senate's debate.

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RINO Don Bacon (R-NE) is now threatening to derail Trump’s agenda with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act when the Senate sends it back to the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority. 

“I’m not a ‘yes’ necessarily,” he said shortly after announcing plans to retire from the House of Representatives at the end of his term.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Bacon announced last week that he will not seek reelection in 2026 for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.

JUST IN: RINO Rep. Don Bacon Won’t Seek Reelection in 2026

Bacon, the same guy who called on President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and labeled his own voters Nazis, reportedly plans to restore his idea of the Republican party after he leaves Congress.

One of his final parting gifts may be to turn his back on Republican voters once again.

Per the Wall Street Journal:

His announcement that he won’t run for re-election comes as the party has just days to pass the president’s tax and spending bill ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. Bacon, who is considered a pivotal vote, says he is waiting to see what passes out of the Senate before he decides what to do.

“I’m not a ‘yes’ necessarily,” said Bacon in a wide-ranging interview about his decision to leave Congress. He argues that the Senate’s initial text on Republicans’ “one big, beautiful bill” was worse than the version he helped pass out of the House. The Senate released a revised version in recent days and is hoping to quickly approve it and send it back to the House, where the GOP has a thin 220-212 majority and party leaders need every vote they can get.

“It’ll come down to: Does the bad outweigh the good, or the good outweigh the bad by the time it’s done?” He said he had concerns about the Medicaid provisions and the rollback of clean energy tax credits.

After he leaves the Hill, Bacon wants to work to restore more traditional Republican views to the GOP, and is getting more involved with a group called Legacy Republicans, which advocates for candidates who embrace views espoused by former President Ronald Reagan.

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Senator Tillis on Sunday announced he won’t seek reelection after President Trump scorched him in a series of Truth Social posts late Saturday night.

NEWS: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) will NOT seek reelection in 2026, according to a statement sent by his office just now.

Here’s part of the long release: pic.twitter.com/3PgA4vjlgO

— Brendan Pedersen (@BrendanPedersen) June 29, 2025

On Saturday evening Tillis voted ‘no’ to advance President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ He said he will also vote no on the final passage.

President Trump went off on Senator Thom Tillis (NC) after he voted against advancing Trump’s reconciliation bill.

“Looks like Senator Thom Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the Nation that he’s giving them a 68% Tax Increase, as opposed to the Biggest Tax Cut in American History! At the same time, he is unable to understand the importance of a Debt Extension, which Republicans gave to the Democrats just prior to the November 5th Election, because of its significance, and how important it was for the future of the U.S.A. Sadly, the Democrat Politicians probably won’t reciprocate on a Debt Extension because they’re nasty people who actually hate our Country. Tillis is also willing to throw the very important Tobacco Industry in North Carolina, “out the window,” for reasons nobody seems to understand. He loves China made windmills that will cost a fortune, ruin the landscape, and produce the most expensive Energy on Earth. I can’t believe that the Great People of North Carolina, a State that I love and won all three times, and a State that I just brought back with money, blood, sweat, and tears, from the recent tragic floods, when Sleepy Joe Biden let them DROWN, right up until the end of that Administration, without doing anything — I was given an A+ Rating for the job we did in bringing it back, and Tillis, despite being a Republican, was MISSING IN ACTION — North Carolina will not allow one of their Senators to GRANDSTAND in order to get some publicity for himself, for a possible, but very difficult Re-Election. America wants Reduced Taxes, including NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, AND NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY, Interest Deductions on Cars, Border Security, a Strong Military, and a Bill which is GREAT for our Farmers, Manufacturers and, Employment, in general. Thom Tillis is making a BIG MISTAKE for America, and the Wonderful People of North Carolina!” Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump followed up by saying he will help primary Tillis.

“Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against “Senator Thom” Tillis. I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks, looking for someone who will properly represent the Great People of North Carolina and, so importantly, the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said.

Apparently Tillis caved THE NIGHT Trump scorched him!

Tillis called President Trump and Majority Leader Thune on Saturday night and informed them he wouldn’t be running for reelection.

“I slept like a baby last night,” Tillis said.

Sen. Tillis says he told both Trump and Thune last night that he would be announcing he isn’t running for reelection

“I slept like a baby last night,” he added

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) June 30, 2025

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As reported earlier, it took Nike over a year to showcase their megastar Caitlin Clark since her signing with the company.

What a big, huge mistake!

On Sunday, the sports apparel company dropped a video for Caitlin’s upcoming Nike Kobe sneaker that goes on sale Monday morning.

On Monday the Caitlin Clark shoe sold out in less than one minute!

The video is epic.

Nike captioned the X post: “When @caitlinclark22 laces her new Kobe 5 Protro PE she steps into a new dimension. Noise fades, focus hits, and all that’s left is her drive to dominate. Available 6.30 on SNKRS in select regions.

When @caitlinclark22 laces her new Kobe 5 Protro PE she steps into a new dimension.

Noise fades, focus hits, and all that’s left is her drive to dominate.

Available 6.30 on SNKRS in select regions. pic.twitter.com/wDjgoHMcD0

— Nike Basketball (@nikebasketball) June 29, 2025

In case you were wondering… The ad promotes the “Mamba Mentality” that Kobe Bryant displayed in his relentless pursuit of excellence, hard work, and resilience. It was coined by Kobe Bryant himself. The nickname was influenced by Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” classic, which portrays the black mamba snake as an assassin.

The ad includes a shot of Caitlin Clark with the Mamba snake eyes.

The shoe went on sale this morning. It sold out in less than a minute!
WOW!

Caitlin Clark’s new Kobe Player Edition shoe sold out in less than a minute pic.twitter.com/INOuRshBbL

— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) June 30, 2025

Has this EVER happened with a female athlete before?

Nike sold out of Caitlin Clark’s first shoe in 10 minutes pic.twitter.com/kNHmy4CQnk

— DraftKings (@DraftKings) June 30, 2025

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