Senate powerhouse Lindsey Graham has died. Here's how he influenced corporate taxes, foreign trade, and defense.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham waits to begin a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Sunday at the age of 71. In his 23 years in the Senate, Graham helped shape a protectionist, national-security-driven approach to trade and business-friendly policies that lowered corporate tax rates . His interventionist foreign policy views also translated into support for increased defense spending. Corporate taxes Graham was instrumental in pushing corporate tax cuts through Congress over the last decade. "The best way to grow the middle class is to make it a good place to create a job," he said during a debate at the time. During Trump's second term , Graham, who chaired the Senate Budget Committee, helped clear a path in Congress for the president's 2025 tax-and-spending package, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill , which made permanent many of the corporate tax cuts the two leaders spearheaded in 2017 and restored or expanded other business-friendly policies. "As the Senate Budget Chairman, I was proud to lead this effort alongside my Senate and House Republican colleagues.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham waits to begin a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Sunday at the age of 71. The senator's office confirmed his death after a "sudden illness." Graham was key in shaping Trump-era policies like lower corporate tax rates and tariffs. Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday at the age of 71, had a major influence on corporate tax rates, tariff policies, and defense spending. Graham's office said in a statement on Sunday that the four-term senator died after a "brief and sudden" illness. Graham, an ally of President Donald Trump, had just returned from a trip to Kyiv, where he had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy . In his 23 years in the Senate, Graham helped shape a protectionist, national-security-driven approach to trade and business-friendly policies that lowered corporate tax rates . His interventionist foreign policy views also translated into support for increased defense spen
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