Trump live updates: Congress to vote on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill' in defining moment for president's second term
President Donald Trump 's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' will be subjected to an unlimited series of amendment votes in the Senate on Monday.
The 940-page tax and spending bill, which maps out much of the president's domestic legislative agenda, narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month and scraped through the Senate on Saturday night 51-49 after Majority Leader John Thune and Vice President JD Vance managed to persuade most Republican dissenters to fall in line.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has warned that passage of the bill will add an estimated $3.3trn to the United States's $36.2trn national debt over the next decade, which Democrats hope will give conservative fiscal hawks cause for concern.
Trump himself has urged his party to push through the bill regardless and ignore objections raised by the Senate parliamentarian about several of its provisions as its July 4 deadline looms.
Senators will start voting on the amendments, on what could prove to be a very long day, from 9am ET (2pm GMT) on Monday.
Senate to vote on 'Big, Beautiful Bill' amendments on crucial day for Donald Trump's presidency
President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' will be subjected to an unlimited series of amendment votes in the Senate on Monday in what promises to be a defining moment for his second term in the White House.
The 940-page tax and spending bill, which maps out much of the president's domestic legislative agenda, narrowly passed the House of Representatives earlier this month and scraped through the Senate on Saturday night 51-49 after Majority Leader John Thune and Vice President JD Vance managed to persuade most Republican dissenters to fall in line.
Senators will start voting on amendments to the contentious megabill from 9am ET (2pm GMT) on Monday, a process that could well run long.
Joe Sommerlad30 June 2025 09:10
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Hello and welcome to The Independent 's live coverage of Capitol Hill as the United States Senate reconvenes to vote on an unlimited series of amendments to Donald Trump's signature 'Big, Beautiful Bill' on what promises to be a very long day indeed.
Joe Sommerlad30 June 2025 08:50
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