Verdict with Ted Cruz
House Budget VICTORY, Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border & Dems DIg in on Boys in Girls' Sports
26 Feb 2025
1. House Budget Victory - The House passed a significant tax cut bill by a slim margin, with President Trump actively whipping votes to secure its passage. - This is the first step in the budget reconciliation process, which allows certain budget-related legislation to pass with a simple majority in the Senate, bypassing the filibuster. 2. Cartels Escalate War Zone at Southern Border - A Texas rancher was killed by a suspected cartel IED near the Mexican border, highlighting the increasing violence and danger posed by cartels. - The discussion emphasizes the need to treat cartels as terrorist organizations and take aggressive action against them. 3. Dems Dig in on Boys in Girls' Sports - The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, is enforcing federal laws to prevent boys from competing in girls' sports. - States like Maine, California, and Minnesota are resisting these federal mandates, leading to potential legal battles. Please Hit Subscribe to this podcast Right Now. Also Please Subscribe to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson and the Ben Ferguson Show Podcast Wherever You get You're PodcastsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Welcome, it is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you as always. And Senator, it was a wild night last night in Washington, D.C. And the big headline is a $4.5 trillion tax cut has passed the House. It was touch and go. It's a slim majority in the House, but they got it done for the American people.
Well, this is the first step. So you and I are recording this. It is 1220 in the morning, Tuesday night. The House had a touch and go vote on the floor of the House on whether to begin the first step of budget reconciliation. They ended up getting the votes by one vote. Initially, they put it on the floor of the House and it failed. Then they brought it back. President Trump
was whipping the votes that were on the sidelines, and it passed by one vote. Now, this doesn't mean it's done, but it's the beginning of the process. We're going to break that down. We're going to explain what it means, what that is starting us on the path to do.
We're also going to talk about the rather shocking news from this week about an IED that exploded in South Texas, blowing up a Texas rancher as the Mexican cartels are engaged in what you would have to call just open warfare at this point. IEDs you envision in Iraq, you envision in war zones, you don't envision them in the state of Texas. We're going to break that down.
And finally, we're going to talk about the latest step in the battle over boys and girls sports, which is the Department of Justice is coming after the state of Maine, the state of California, and the state of Minnesota to comply with the federal law and Trump's executive order concerning boys and girls sports.
And Maine and California and Minnesota are saying, hell no, we're going to break that down as well.
Yeah, it's awesome. I got to tell you, today I did something that was just really fun, and it was to spend a little time at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Dallas, Texas, with my friends at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
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