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From the New York Post: The Senate voted Saturday to launch into debate on President Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill, after Republican leaders spent hours working to gain enough support to approve the 940-page document.
The multi-trillion dollar bill narrowly advanced in a 51-49 procedural vote, despite opposition from two Republican lawmakers who joined their Democratic colleagues in an attempt to block the measure from reaching the Senate floor.
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Rand Paul (R-KY) were the holdouts after they publicly declared that they wouldn’t be backing the bill in its current form.
Senators will now begin the 20-hour debate process on the massive spending bill. Some of the key provisions include:
- Making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent
- No taxes on tips and overtime
- Increase border security funding
- Eliminate green-energy tax credits passed during the Biden administration
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly forcing the Senate stafff to read the entire 940-page bill aloud on the senate floor, which is expected to take hours.
🚨BREAKING: The Big Beautiful Bill advances in the Senate in a 51-49 vote. pic.twitter.com/8kpeHuyuNV
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 29, 2025
Sen. Markwayne Mulling (R-Okla.) wrote, “@SenateGOP has the votes to ADVANCE the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’ Remember: we still have to read the bill on the floor, hold up to 20 hrs of debate, and ‘vote-a-rama’ where we’ll wear the libs down on amendment votes. Then, House passage. Busy weekend.”
🚨 @SenateGOP has the votes to ADVANCE the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill.’
Remember: we still have to read the bill on the floor, hold up to 20 hrs of debate, and ‘vote-a-rama’ where we’ll wear the libs down on amendment votes. Then, House passage. Busy weekend. pic.twitter.com/TgdlbT9TAR
— Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) June 29, 2025
Sen. Paul asked in a post on X, “Could we maybe tweak the Big-Not-So-Beautiful Bill so it doesn’t add so much to the debt? The legislation, as currently written, would pay someone like Elon Musk $1,000 per child, and we know how prolific he is. Is that a wise expenditure of tax dollars?”
Could we maybe tweak the Big-Not-So-Beautiful Bill so it doesn’t add so much to the debt? The legislation, as currently written, would pay someone like Elon Musk $1,000 per child, and we know how prolific he is.
Is that a wise expenditure of tax dollars?
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) June 29, 2025
Sen. Tillis wrote earlier Saturday afternoon, “The Senate version of the One Big Beautiful bill contains significant changes to Medicaid that would be devastating to North Carolina, and I cannot support it. The Senate should go back to the House’s commonsense approach to Medicaid reform to enact work requirements while protecting care for those who truly need it.”
The Senate version of the One Big Beautiful bill contains significant changes to Medicaid that would be devastating to North Carolina, and I cannot support it. The Senate should go back to the House’s commonsense approach to Medicaid reform to enact work requirements while… pic.twitter.com/eFIc31R0sQ
— Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) June 28, 2025
In a Truth Social post late Saturday night, President Trump wrote:
Tonight we saw a GREAT VICTORY in the Senate with the “GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,” but, it wouldn’t have happened without the Fantastic Work of Senator Rick Scott, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ron Johnson, and Senator Cynthia Lummis. They, along with all of the other Republican Patriots who voted for the Bill, are people who truly love our Country!
As President of the USA, I am proud of them all, and look forward to working with them to GROW OUR ECONOMY, REDUCE WASTEFUL SPENDING, SECURE OUR BORDER, FIGHT FOR OUR MILITARY/VETS, ENSURE THAT OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM HELPS THOSE WHO TRULY NEED IT, PROTECT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, AND SO MUCH MORE. GOD BLESS AMERICA &, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
In another post, Trump shared the following statement:
Republicans must remember that they are fighting against a very evil, corrupt and, in many ways, incompetent (Policywise!) group of people, who would rather see our Country “go down in flames” than do the right thing and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! The Democrats would LOVE to see the Biggest Tax Hike in History (68%!), No Border Spending (Open Borders!), and a weak, underfunded Military, so we wouldn’t be able to do things like we did just one week ago in Iran.
We gave the Dems a Debt Extension because it was the right thing to do, but they won’t do it for us. The one thing they do have is an ability to stick together, and vote as one group (They don’t have GRANDSTANDERS!).
They also have House and Senate Rules that give Great Power to their Leaders – Committee Chairmanships, etc. Republicans don’t have that, have never been able to get it, BUT THEY SHOULD! What we do have is wonderful people and phenomenal Policy, and that should win Elections every single time!
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