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~1BBB Had to Avoid SS Tax Elimination Because of the Byrd Rule. The $4000 Social Security deduction in the 2025 bill helps most seniors who pay taxes on their benefits, covering 80 to 90 percent of them, those over 65 with incomes under $75000, a real win even if not the full no-tax on Social Security Trump promised. The Byrd Rule blocks changes to Social Security in reconciliation bills, and full elimination would have been struck, needing 60 votes to keep it, which we did not have with 53 GOP senators, risking the whole $4 trillion tax cut package failing and a huge tax hike hitting before midterms. 🧵/2