The Senate is moving towards a final vote on the broad Tax and Immigration bill of President Donald Trump, as the Republicans rush to take it through the finish line before July 4.
Trump’s self -imposed deadline meant a rare weekend session for legislators, a full of partisan drama and some republican interior struggles in the “One Big Beautiful Bill act”.
On Monday morning, the senators began an “A-rama vote”, a series of votes on the amendments proposed to the Megabill.
There is no limit to the number of amendments that legislators can search. The leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, the main democrat of the Chamber, promised that his party would bring an amendment after the amendment during the marathon session. The Democrats forced a reading of the bill of 940 pages during the weekend, which took almost 16 hours.
“Each senator will soon have the opportunity to reject these nonsense and vote for the common sense budget. Americans will be observing,” Schumer said on Monday while criticizing Trump’s bill as a break for billionaires who will damage the families of the working class.
The senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, reaches the Republicans begin a final impulse to advance in the exemptions and expenses package of President Donald Trump, in the Capitol in Washington, on June 30, 2025.
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The leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, defended the bill as the delivery of the Trump campaign promises to eliminate taxes on tips and the payment of overtime while increasing the expense for defense and border security.
“It has been a long debate,” Thune said on his own floor comments before the votes about the amendments. “I know that people are tired. But at the end of the day, we want to do this so that this country is safer, stronger and more prosperous, not only for today but for future generations of Americans.”
The vote-rama is the last obstacle before a vote on the final approval of the bill in the Senate.
The leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, speaks with the journalists when he returns to his office from the Senate Chamber in the United States Capitol, on June 30, 2025 in Washington.
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There is little margin of error in the camera controlled by the Republicans. A procedural vote on Saturday night to open the debate on the bill was approved by little in a 51-49 vote after two republican defections.
Gos Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina voted against advancing in the bill. Tillis criticized Medicaid’s changes in the bill, saying that he would damage his voters and that he would represent a betrayal of Trump’s promise not to touch the right program on which millions of people trust for the coverage of medical care.
Tillis’s opposition drew Trump’s anger, and the president threatens to support a two -period senator. Tillis then suddenly announced that he would not look for re -election, saying that he later sent a text message to Trump on Saturday night, which suggests that “he probably needed to start looking for a replacement.”
“I respect President Trump. Support for most of his agenda, but I don’t lean to anyone. When the people of North Carolina are at risk. And this bill puts them at risk,” Tillis said.
Senator Thom Tillis talks to journalists while Republican legislators work to approve the broad bill of expenses and taxes by President Donald Trump, in Washington, on June 30, 2025.
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What is still for Obbb in the house?
If the “Big Beutiful Beat Law” passes in the Senate, will have to return to the Chamber so that the members consider the changes made in the bill.
The republican leaders of the Chamber say that Wednesday is the first opportunity for a Megabill vote.
“Members are informed that votes are now expected in the Chamber at 9 am on Wednesday, July 2. They are attentive to future updates to obtain additional information about this week’s calendar,” said a notice from the office of the majority of Whip Tom Emmer.
Republican leaders have told members who will receive 48 hours in advance before a vote is called and will have 72 hours to review the text of the bill.
The camera approved Trump’s Megabill for just one vote in May. The Senate version of the bill will face a uphill battle in the Chamber, given the thin majority of the Republican Party.
The moderate republican representative of California, David Valadao, said he will not vote not given the changes of Medicaid in the Senate bill. Several conservatives, including Chip Roy representatives of Texas, Josh Breechen de Oklahoma and Eric Burlison of Missouri have also expressed their opposition to the Senate’s bill version.
The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and other Republican leaders worked during the weekend to block the votes, even when several legislators have expressed opposition to the version of the Senate, which is not yet completed. Johnson can only afford to lose three defections if all members vote and are present.
The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said President Trump was working “hand in hand” with Johnson and Thune, and that the two leaders had met him in the White House the earliest Monday.
“Republicans must be maintained hard and unified during the final stretch, and we have them to do the job,” Leavitt said during the White House information session.
Alexandra Hutzler of ABC News contributed to this report.
