# @nbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYiC_lPi-g
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-21T20:30:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC News (@NBCNews) — https://gondola.cc/NBCNews

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It’s become a trend in Congress during President Donald Trump's second term. Republican lawmakers across the ideological spectrum keep casting votes in favor of bills even while warning that they’re deeply flawed and may require fixing down the road. In some cases, lawmakers explicitly threaten to vote “no” on bills before eventually folding and voting “yes.”

It isn’t unusual for lawmakers to back legislation they call imperfect. But this year, that contrast has become more stark. It comes as Trump has solidified his grasp over the GOP base, resulting in lawmakers growing increasingly leery of crossing him and risking their political futures.

Nowhere has that dynamic been more pronounced than with the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, whose members have repeatedly threatened to oppose bills before acquiescing under pressure from Trump.

In the end, just three Republicans who expressed concerns about Medicaid voted against Trump’s megabill bill: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who had just announced he wouldn’t seek re-election, as well as Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Pennsylvania Rep. Brian, who are set to face tough races in next year's midterms.

A similar trend unfolded on the $9 billion package of spending cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid that passed Congress last week.

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