Letter: Broken Bill, Broken Backbone

Letter: Broken bill, broken backbone

In case you missed it amid this week’s headlines, Congressman Juan Ciscomani joined 12 other Republicans in urging the Senate to revise the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Strangely, he had just voted for that very bill.

Improving on the One Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill

The budget reconciliation legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives, better known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” contains several provisions that will benefit taxpayers, but there are opportunities for the Senate to make it even better. The Senate should remove, for example, a provision in the House bill that would end the longstanding de minimis exemption that waives tariffs for low-cost imports.   The United States has main…