GOP Advances Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Despite Party Holdouts

The Senate Republicans narrowly eliminated a critical procedural obstacle on Saturday evening, progressing the legislative package of President Donald Trump with a margin of 51 to 49 razors.

Why it matters

This procedural vote represents a moment of brand or rupture for the inner agenda of Trump and the governing credibility of the GOP. The package aims to permanently prolong $ 3.8 billions in expired benefits while funding Trump’s mass deportation efforts with $ 350 billion in national security expenditure.

However, the reductions offered in Medicaid, food assistance programs and green energy investments have created unexpected fractures in the republican ranks, highlighting the challenge of governing with close majorities in the face of a unified democratic opposition.

What to know

The dramatic end of the evening session saw the vice -president JD Vance standing to potentially break equality, while two GOP senators – by Tillis de Caroline du Nord and Rand Paul de Kentucky – have made all the democrats of the opposition.

The 940 -page bill, released just after midnight Friday, combines the interior priorities of Trump with its July fourth deadline on the Republicans of the Congress.

The legislation focuses on the realization of many permanent advantages of Trump’s first mandate which would expire otherwise by the end of the year, which has potentially triggered automatic increases for millions of Americans.

The new provisions include the elimination of levies from advice and commit substantial resources to the application of immigration. To compensate for the loss of income, the Republicans offer significant reductions in social programs, although several GOP legislators have fallen by cuts which they consider too serious, in particular with regard to access to health care via Medicaid.

The bill was confronted with several setbacks when the Senate parliamentarian ruled that several original proposals have violated the strict of the “Byrd rule” of the Chamber, which largely prohibits political questions in budgetary legislation unless they can obtain 60 votes. The Republicans quickly revised the rejected provisions, in particular the controversial modifications to funding food aid and the structure of the consumer financial protection office.

The non -partisan congress budget office (CBO) estimated that by virtue of the room version, around 10.9 million additional people would lose health care coverage, while at least 3 million less would qualify for food aid. The best employees would receive around $ 12,000 in discounts, while the poorest Americans are said to be faced with an increased increase at $ 1,600.

What people say

President Donald Trump on Truth Social Saturday: “Republicans must remember that they are fighting against a very evil, corrupt and, in mary ways, incompetent (policywise!) Group of people, who would rather see our country” go down in flames “Than do the right thing and, make america trans! 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 a week ago.

He added: “The only thing they have is an ability to stay together and to vote as a group (they do not have swamps!). They also have rules of the chamber and the Senate which give great power to their leaders – presidency of committees, etc. The Republicans have not been, could never get it, but they should! What we have is wonderful people and a phenomenal policy, and that should save all the time!” “”

What happens next

Senators are facing exhausting hours of debate overnight and modification votes in the coming days. If the Senate adopts the bill, he returns to the House for final approval before reaching the White House.

The president of the room, Mike Johnson, sent colleagues to their homes for the weekend, but kept them on hold to return to Washington, although the support remains uncertain with at least one republican, representative David Valadao de California, already announcing the opposition.

The reports of the Associated Press contributed to this article.

Update of 06/28/25, 23:48 pm and: This article has been updated with additional information.