On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/19/trump-budget-bill-vote/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">President Trump's "big, beautiful bill"</a> – the 1,100-page proposal for a measure that includes a whole of of the GOP's priorities, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/13/republican-trump-tax-immigration-plan/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">all in one package</a>.&nbsp;But <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/20/trump-tries-persuade-threaten-gop-back-his-budget-bill/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">does Trump have the support of his own caucus</a>, or does he need to convince Republicans in both the House and the Senate to vote for it? The crew dives into what changes it would make to U.S. law, which tax cuts it would extend, and how Republicans have structured the bill to bypass Democrats' votes entirely.Plus: The timing of former president Biden's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/19/biden-cancer-support/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">announcement that he has cancer raises questions</a>.

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