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Trump Doesn’t Give Up! His Allies Intervene with Millions of Dollars to Pass His “Big Law” in the Senate!

A prominent conservative group aligned with President Trump, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), is launching a $4 million advertising campaign to bolster support for the president’s budget bill in the Senate. This initiative comes as the GOP-controlled Senate prepares to debate the sprawling legislation, which is crucial to Trump’s second-term agenda and narrowly passed the Republican-led House last month.

According to CBS News, which first reported the plans, AFP’s campaign will include video and digital advertisements airing on cable television, connected TV platforms, and various digital channels. The initial phase of television ads will target audiences in North Carolina, Louisiana, Maine, Idaho, and the District of Columbia, with the potential for further expansion.

Brent Gardner, AFP’s chief government affairs officer, stated that the group is well aware of the challenges ahead as the bill moves through the Senate. He emphasized the importance of swift action, saying, “The sooner the Senate advances the bill, the sooner Americans start seeing relief where they need it most.”

A central component of the GOP bill is the extension of key provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a signature achievement of President Trump’s first term. However, the legislation also encompasses other significant measures that have generated concerns among some Republican senators, including Medicaid work requirements, an increase to the debt ceiling, and various other policy changes.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, has already voiced his opposition, stating on “Face the Nation” that while he supports making the tax cuts permanent, he opposes the $5 trillion increase to the debt ceiling included in the bill.

AFP’s advertising strategy will include testimonials highlighting the positive impact of the 2017 tax cuts and underscoring the potential consequences if Congress fails to act to extend them. The group also plans to run ads encouraging fiscal conservatives in the Senate to propose spending offsets by further reducing what they consider wasteful spending from the Biden administration.

While Senate Republicans aim to pass the bill using a procedural maneuver that would bypass the usual requirement for bipartisan support due to the filibuster threshold, they can only afford to lose the support of three Republican senators given their 53-seat majority.

Despite some internal divisions, AFP remains optimistic. Gardner stated, “The Senate will have their differences, but focusing on where Republicans are unified is what will drive this bill forward – permanent tax cuts, energy abundance, secure borders, and the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse.”

Senate Democrats have strongly opposed the Trump agenda legislation. Maeve Coyle, a spokesperson for the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, accused Republicans of attempting to strip away healthcare and increase costs for working families to provide tax breaks for billionaires, vowing that voters will hold them accountable in the 2026 midterm elections.

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