What's In The Big Beautiful Bill And Why Elon Musk Hates It – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are pushing to get the Republicans' bill passed by July 4th, b ut several senators are saying there needs to be more spending cuts
2.The best way, I think, to think about the Trump megabill is that it's sort of two pieces combined
3.One piece are that Republicans have: t hese are things like securing the border, boosting defense, boosting energy production
4.It's stuff that Republicans ran campaign and won on in 2024 and things they hope will help them continue to keep their power in DC in the next midterm and next election
5.The other piece of this bill has to do with tax: b ack in 2017, Congress passed this absolutely massive tax package, b ut because of the way they passed it, most of that package will expire by the end of this year
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
priorities
A2An item's relative importance.
Example:
"One piece are priorities that Republicans have:"
reconciliation
B2The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement.
Example:
"are pushing to get the Republicans' reconciliation"
presidential
B1Pertaining to a president or presidency.
Example:
"presidential election."
including
A2To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
Example:
"including Ron Johnson and Rand Paul,"
endowments
A2Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
Example:
"certain universities if they have large endowments"
international
B1Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport.
Example:
"It includes a retaliatory tax for international"
corporations
B1A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.
Example:
"corporations and investors, whose home countries have"
developed
A2To change with a specific direction, progress.
Example:
"developed the problem when he found out that we're"
currently
A2At this moment, at present, now.
Example:
"currently hold with more than $36 trillion,"
interesting
B1To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
Example:
"interesting push and pull."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| priorities | A2 | An item's relative importance. |
| reconciliation | B2 | The reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement. |
| presidential | B1 | Pertaining to a president or presidency. |
| including | A2 | To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. |
| endowments | A2 | Something with which a person or thing is endowed. |
| international | B1 | Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport. |
| corporations | B1 | A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. |
| developed | A2 | To change with a specific direction, progress. |
| currently | A2 | At this moment, at present, now. |
| interesting | B1 | To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing. |
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