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The GOP’s Recess Assignment: Sell That Bill

Congressional Republicans and Cabinet members accentuate the positives in their big, beautiful bill.
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Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler speaks at an event hosted by Vice President J.D. Vance on August 21, 2025, in Peachtree City, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Congress returns to session today after a monthlong recess during which Republicans have devoted some of their time working to convince voters that their One Big Beautiful Bill Act is, well, beautiful.

With Congress out of session as usual during the month of August, Republicans hit the road to pitch President Donald Trump’s key second-term legislation to constituents.

Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not chasing down lawmakers on Capitol Hill, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit.

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