Senate Passes Trump's Controversial Bill After Midnight Marathon!

2025-06-30 00:00:29.938

The Senate passed President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill by a narrow 51-49 vote after a tumultuous late-night session. The bill, totaling 940 pages, includes significant tax cuts, spending reductions, and increased funding for deportations. Facing a July 4th deadline, Senate Democrats, unable to block the bill's passage, employed delaying tactics, including a full public reading of the entire bill, which lasted over 16 hours. This was followed by 10 hours of debate. The bill's passage was not without internal Republican discord, with Senators Thom Tillis and Rand Paul voting against the motion to proceed. President Trump publicly criticized Tillis, leading to Tillis' announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2026. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill will increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion and leave 11.8 million more Americans uninsured by 2034. Elon Musk also criticized the bill as "utterly insane and destructive." Despite Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, the party faces internal divisions over cuts to programs like Medicaid and food stamps, which are intended to offset the cost of the tax breaks. The bill now returns to the House for a final vote before potentially reaching the White House. The bill's core components include making permanent many of Trump's first-term tax breaks, adding new breaks (such as no taxes on tips), and committing $350 billion to national security, including Trump's deportation agenda.