{"id":1810,"date":"2025-07-01T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trumps-vast-tax-cut-spending-bill-clears-first-u-s-senate-hurdle\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:46:00","slug":"trumps-vast-tax-cut-spending-bill-clears-first-u-s-senate-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trumps-vast-tax-cut-spending-bill-clears-first-u-s-senate-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s vast tax-cut, spending bill clears first U.S. Senate hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to slow the legislation’s path to passage.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers voted 51-49 to open debate on the 940-page megabill, with two of Trump’s fellow Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the legislation that would fund the president’s top immigration, border, tax-cut and military priorities.<\/p>\n

Trump on social media hailed the “great victory” for his “great, big, beautiful bill.”<\/p>\n

After hours of delay, during which Republican leaders and Vice President JD Vance worked behind closed doors to persuade last-minute holdouts to support the measure, Democrats demanded that the megabill first be read aloud in the chamber – a task that could delay the start of the debate until Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Democrats say the bill’s tax cuts would disproportionately benefit the wealthy at the expense of social programs for lower-income Americans.<\/p>\n

“Senate Republicans are scrambling to pass a radical bill, released to the public in the dead of night, praying the American people don’t realize what’s in it,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

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“Democrats are going to force this chamber to read it from start to finish,” he said.<\/p>\n

Once the bill has been read, lawmakers will begin up to 20 hours of debate on the legislation. That will be followed by a marathon amendment session, known as a “vote-a-rama,” before the Senate votes on passage. Lawmakers said they hoped to complete work on the bill on Monday.<\/p>\n

Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Rand Paul voted against opening debate, a move that seemed for a time to be in danger of failing.<\/p>\n

Trump attacked Tillis, who opposed the bill’s cuts to the Medicaid healthcare program for lower-income Americans, which he said would be devastating for his native North Carolina. Tillis is up for reelection next year.<\/p>\n

“Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against ‘Senator Thom’ Tillis. I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks,” the president posted.<\/p>\n

Paul opposed the legislation because it would raise the federal borrowing limit on the $36.2 trillion U.S. debt by an additional $5 trillion.<\/p>\n

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“Did Rand Paul Vote ‘NO’ again tonight? What’s wrong with this guy???” Trump said on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump’s vast tax-cut, spending bill clears first U.S. Senate hurdle<\/div>\n

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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to slow the legislation’s path to passage. Lawmakers voted 51-49 to open debate on the 940-page megabill, with two of Trump’s fellow Republicans…<\/p>\n

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