The US Senate leader John Theun (R-SD) speaks at a press conference after the US Senate Republican’s weekly policy lunch on Washington, DC, US, Capital Hill on Capital Hill in 10 June, 2025.
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Senate on Saturday approves a major procedural obstacle to pursue the President. Donald Trump’s ,Big, beautiful bill“Massively spending the law is taken to a step close to a step, which is passed after weeks of laborious dialogue.
Senate vote Promoted for Republican Majority Leader John Theun Bid to get Bill At Trump’s desk till 4 July. But it was not without drama.
The vote on the proposal to move forward was opened for hours on Saturday night, and only three Republican was given by the holdout and passed only after voting. The hours of uncertainty outlined the difficult path for a large -scale package.
Processive vote on megabil in the Senate gives a final vote on Sunday or Monday for some time.
Democrats led by Senate minority leader Chak shumarThe 940-Page bills are forced to read loudly. Once it is once the head to argue on the floor of the Senate.
“We will stay here all night, if it’s to read,” Shumar wrote X on Saturday.
While the package could not officially pass the upper chamber until the final vote, procedural vote was considered a major test for the theme.
Votes come after weeks of rolling and stress on a large scale package Bitter policy dispute And some firm embraced Republican holdouts.
Extensive domestic policy package will also have to be re -passed at home, which is just Narrowly passed your version Bill last month.
Some House Republicans have already expressed opposition to the major elements of the Senate version of the bill – the most specially for deep cuts Medicaid – Preate a close vote in the lower chamber.
Both the themes and house speakers Mike Johnson Catch narrow prominences in your respective chambers, which means they can lose support of a small number of Republican MPs to pass the package only in a party-line vote.
Meanwhile, Trump continues Urge To pass the package before Republican ‘ The deadline for July 4 was fixed,
The White House said in a statement of the administration policy on Saturday, “President Trump is committed to fulfilling his promises, and failure to pass this bill will be a final betrayal.”
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