Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
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The US president’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill clears first hurdle in the Senate.
The Republican-controlled Senate of the United States has voted to take President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” into the next phase of discussion, making it more likely to pass in the coming days.
The measure, which is Trump’s top legislative goal, passed its first procedural hurdle in a 51 to 49 vote on Saturday, with two Republican senators joining all Democrats in voting against it.
The result came after several hours of negotiation as Republican leaders and Vice President JD Vance sought to persuade last-minute holdouts in a series of closed-door negotiations.
Trump has pushed his party to get the bill passed and on his desk for him to sign into law by July 4, the US’s Independence Day.
He was monitoring the vote from the Oval Office late into the night, according to a senior White House official.
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