Breaking: US Senate Holds Procedural Vote on Trump 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
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On Saturday evening, the U.S. Senate made an initial yet significant advance towards approving President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) by conducting a procedural vote to initiate debate on the measure. It succeeded with a 51-49 vote margin.

The outcome was uncertain as of Friday night, with the Senate Majority Leader describing Saturday’s vote as “aspirational” and indicating that the Republicans’ self-imposed July 4 deadline might be flexible.

The voting commenced shortly before 8 p.m. Eastern time, with limited leeway for dissenting votes since three Republican Senators had already stated their opposition:

GOP Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin have voted against proceeding with debate. Republican leaders can bear no more than three defections while letting Vance break a 50-50 tie.

Earlier on Saturday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R_MO) said he would vote yes, but “he’ll still try to change Medicaid language” in the vote-a-rama:

Also ahead of the vote, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed to force Republicans to have Senate clerks read the full, nearly 1,000-page document on the Senate floor: [emphasis added]

“I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor,” Schumer said on X. “Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill

“So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor,” he said. “We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.”

Schumer’s move is expected to take up to 15 hours and is designed to allow Senate Democrats more time to parse through the myriad provisions within the massive legislative text. Ultimately, it will prove a smokescreen as Senate Republicans will continue to march toward a final vote.

Here’s how my colleague Bob Hoge framed it, with his usual flair for humor:


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