The U.S. senators debated deep into the early hours of Sunday over President Donald Trump’s sweeping new spending proposal — a controversial measure dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
The legislation, which Trump has championed as a cornerstone of his second-term legacy, proposes to extend his expiring tax cuts and ramp up border security, all at a staggering cost of $4.5 trillion.
While it promises to deliver major wins for Trump’s domestic agenda, the bill has drawn fierce backlash for slashing critical social welfare programs and potentially stripping health care coverage from millions of low-income Americans.
Republican lawmakers, facing mounting pressure ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, remain sharply divided. While Trump continues to rally support for the bill, arguing it is essential to “make America strong again,” many within his own party are raising red flags — particularly over projections that it could add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.
Debate officially opened late Saturday night after hours of delay caused by Republican holdouts, triggering a flurry of online criticism from Trump.
The procedural motion to begin debate narrowly passed 51-49, with two Republican senators breaking ranks to vote alongside Democrats. Vice President JD Vance was called in to help facilitate last-minute negotiations, signaling just how high the stakes have become.
“Tonight we saw a GREAT VICTORY in the Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the vote. “Republicans must remember that they are fighting against a very evil, corrupt and, in many ways, incompetent (Policywise!) group of people,” he added in an earlier post, aiming his criticism at Democratic lawmakers.
Democrats, however, are not backing down. United in their opposition, they have vowed to slow the process down — beginning with a procedural demand to have the entire 1,000-page bill read aloud on the Senate floor, a task expected to take over 15 hours.
“Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. “So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor. We will be here all night if that’s what it takes.”
Should the Senate approve the bill after full debate, it will return to the House for a final vote — a chamber where Republican leadership faces a razor-thin margin and growing resistance from within their own ranks.
With Trump pushing for the bill to land on his desk by July 4 — America’s Independence Day — the coming days are set to test both party unity and the limits of legislative brinkmanship in Washington.
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