What’s inside the Senate megabill for higher education?
Natalie Schwartz
July 1, 2025
The chamber narrowly passed its version of the sweeping domestic policy package, which would reshape federal student lending and delay major regulations.
The Senate on Tuesday passed its mammoth domestic policy package, which would reshape the federal student lending system and delay major higher education regulations.
Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the legislative package 51-50. Lawmakers passed the bill through the reconciliation process, which allows the Senate to bypass the usual 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
The House and the Senate will have to reconcile their two versions of the bill before they can send it to President Donald Trump’s desk.
That could prove difficult. Although the two proposals would both extend tax cuts and fund Republican priorities like increased immigration enforcement, some aspects are dramatically different.
