Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is pushing back against false claims being pushed about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Donald Trump last week.
Blackburn released a fact sheet titled, “Fiction v. Fact: Exposing Democrats’ Lies About the One Big Beautiful Bill” on Wednesday to provide details on how the bill is set to impact Tennesseans, specifically “low-income workers” and those who receive Medicaid and Social Security benefits.
“Instead of telling the truth about how the One Big Beautiful Bill will improve life for Americans and Tennesseans, Democrats are resorting to fearmongering and lies,” Blackburn said in a statement shared first with The Tennessee Star.
In the fact sheet, Blackburn emphasized how the bill works to strengthen Medicaid by cutting out the identified “waste, fraud, and abuse” within the program and cutting off the more than one million illegal aliens who were receiving the benefits.
Blackburn said the reforms made to Medicaid work to protect – not take away – the program for the most vulnerable who rely on it, including pregnant women, seniors, individuals with disabilities, children, and low-income families.
With regard to Social Security, Blackburn explained in the fact sheet how the bill provides a $6,000 bonus deduction to millions of low- and middle-income seniors aged 65 and over beginning in the 2025 tax year.
The $6,000 deduction included in the bill, which was led by Blackburn in the Senate, phases out by 6 percent of income over $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers.
Blackburn’s fact sheet went on to counter claims pushed by the political left that the bill is “just a tax cut for billionaires,” citing data compiled by the Republican Finance Committee Staff which shows how the tax cuts provided by the bill will specifically impact working Tennesseans.
Noting how the bill provides the “largest percentage reduction” in low-income workers’ tax liability, Blackburn specifically pointed to how the bill saves Tennesseans from an average tax hike of $2,660 for families, as well as the potential loss of 129,000 jobs, $11.5 billion in wages, and $22.5 billion in Gross Domestic Product.
“The facts are clear: this bill delivers historic tax relief, boosts wages, saves and creates jobs, provides the largest-ever investment in border security, eliminates wasteful spending, and bolsters the military. Tennesseans have every reason to celebrate now that the One Big Beautiful Bill is the law of the land,” Blackburn said.
The Tennessee senator also released a video on Wednesday detailing further benefits the bill provides for the Volunteer State – including its investment in the Oak Ridge National Lab and the Coast Guard in Memphis – as well as additional economic relief for all Americans, funding for immigration enforcement and the military, energy investments, a reduction in government spending, and other measures.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
