As President Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill passed a Senate vote today, supply chain interest groups in the air freight and manufacturing sectors say the legislation could help their supply chain operations, but the bill remains far from final since it now returns to the House of Representatives for further debate and editing.
The policy package has caused controversy in both political camps for features like cuts to Medicaid, for extending tax cuts that benefit the wealthy more than the working class, and for adding substantially to the national debt. Having passed through the Senate and gaining certain amendments, the bill now heads back to the House for a vote on the new version before it can proceed to Trump’s desk to be signed.
But groups like the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) say they accept those attributes since the overall effect of the “big beautiful bill” would be to deliver a big win for manufacturers in America.
“The Senate advanced a tax package that will strengthen small businesses, family-owned operations and manufacturing workers across the country. It drives manufacturers closer to the goal line—growing businesses, creating jobs and powering stronger communities,” NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons said in a release. “We call on our partners in the House to send this bill to the president’s desk—the strongest tax bill for manufacturers we have seen in a generation.”
Support for the legislation also came from the Center for Transportation Policy (CTP), a Washington, D.C. group that says it advocates for “public policies that best support transportation systems, passengers, and businesses alike through the free market.”
In a statement, CTP said: “Today, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation package that includes $12.5 billion of funding to modernize air traffic control systems. Unlike other controversial elements of the legislation around taxes or Medicaid, provisions to upgrade aviation infrastructure remain unchanged compared to the version passed by the House in May.”
That extra funding for airports is important now, because “glaring infrastructure gaps have threatened to stymie U.S. air travel,” CTP said.
