GOP Support for Trump Agenda in Limbo as Senate Barrels Toward Weekend Vote
- Senators in Washington, D.C., prepare to begin voting on President Donald Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' as the July 4 deadline approaches.
- The Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that key GOP provisions, including Medicaid changes, violated reconciliation budget rules, complicating progress.
- Over the weekend, lawmakers hurried to revise the bill to meet compliance requirements, while the Senate's top Republican described the planned Saturday test vote as more of a hopeful goal than a certainty.
- Kentucky Senator Rand Paul expressed concern that many people might find it surprising that an unelected individual has the power to make important decisions in the legislative process.
- The delayed bill risks losing House GOP support amid internal divides, and lawmakers suggest the July 4 goal may slip as cost-cutting talks continue.
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GOP support for Trump agenda in limbo as Senate barrels toward weekend vote
By Manu Raju, Nicky Robertson, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s push to pass his massive agenda in the Senate is hanging by thread as GOP leaders barrel toward a critical vote this weekend that, as of Friday night, is still short of the support to pass. Just hours after Senate Majority Leader John Thune informed senators they would take a critical first vote on Saturday, a key GOP senator warned h…
Manu Raju Asks GOP Senators About Voting on Big Beautiful Bill Text They Haven’t Read Yet: ‘We Know Where We Are Going’
The CNN correspondent asked multiple Republicans about voting on a new Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill without having time to review the text.
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