The Senate has started formal debate on the Trump administration's budget reconciliation bill after lawmakers spent 16 hours reading the entire measure aloud on the Senate floor. This Senate's version of the budget measure would make deeper cuts to social service programs and lead to fewer people having insurance than previous versions,

Senate Democrats concluded their 16-hour marathon reading of President Donald Trump's comprehensive legislative package Sunday afternoon, with Senate clerks finishing the verbal recitation of the 940-page "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" around 3:03 p.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rushing to meet President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline for pushing through his massive tax and spending bill, but first he has to work through a list of approximately eight Republican senators who have expressed opposition to portions of it.