Axios - At 11:06 p.m. ET, after 3½ hours of Saturday night drama, Senate Republicans voted 51-49 to move forward with President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" — clearing a key hurdle. After days of heated debate and complaints, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is barreling forward to get Trump's priorities on taxes, the debt ceiling, border security and military funding passed by July 4.
What's next: Democrats are forcing the entire 940-page bill to be read on the floor, a process that could take well over 10 hours.
- Hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited amendment votes, known as a vote-a-rama, will happen before final passage can take place.
The intrigue: Trump ramped up pressure on Republicans on Saturday morning. "[F]ailure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal," the White House told lawmakers in a statement of administration policy.
- Senators have been receiving phone calls, lunching and golfing with the president this weekend.
Ultimately, all Republicans but Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) voted yes to move the bill along
A few hours before senators started voting, Elon Musk trashed the 940-page "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" as "insane and destructive." Go deeper
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