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The Republican-controlled US Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump\u2019s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill<\/a> on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by political drama, division and lengthy delays as Democrats sought to slow the legislation\u2019s path to passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers voted 51-49 to open debate on the 940-page megabill, with two of Trump\u2019s fellow Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the legislation that would fund the president\u2019s top immigration, border, tax-cut and military priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump on social media hailed the \u201cgreat victory\u201d for his \u201cgreat, big, beautiful bill\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After hours of delay, during which Republican leaders and Vice President JD Vance worked behind closed doors to persuade last-minute holdouts to support the measure, Democrats demanded that the megabill first be read aloud in the chamber \u2014 a task that could delay the start of the debate until Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats say the bill\u2019s tax cuts would disproportionately benefit the wealthy at the expense of social programs for lower-income Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenate Republicans are scrambling to pass a radical bill, released to the public in the dead of night, praying the American people don\u2019t realise what\u2019s in it,\u201d Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemocrats are going to force this chamber to read it from start to finish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the bill has been read, lawmakers will begin up to 20 hours of debate on the legislation. That will be followed by a marathon amendment session, known as a \u201cvote-a-rama,\u201d before the Senate votes on passage. Lawmakers said they hoped to complete work on the bill on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Rand Paul voted against opening debate, a move that seemed for a time to be in danger of failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump attacked Tillis, who opposed the bill\u2019s cuts to the Medicaid healthcare program for lower-income Americans, which he said would be devastating for his native North Carolina. Tillis is up for reelection next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNumerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against \u2018Senator Thom\u2019 Tillis. I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks,\u201d the president posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul opposed the legislation because it would raise the federal borrowing limit on the $36.2 trillion US debt by an additional $5tr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid Rand Paul Vote \u2018NO\u2019 again tonight? What\u2019s wrong with this guy???\u201d Trump said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>In limbo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saturday\u2019s vote was in limbo for hours as Vance, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other top Republicans sought to persuade last-minute holdouts to support the legislation. It was not clear what deals, if any, were struck to win over their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardline Republican Senators Rick Scott, Mike Lee and Cynthia Lummis, who want deeper cuts in federal spending, voted to support the bill in the end. Another hardliner, Senator Ron Johnson, initially voted no but flipped his vote and backed the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump was monitoring the vote from the Oval Office late into the night, a senior White House official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The megabill would extend the 2017 tax cuts that were Trump\u2019s main legislative achievement during his first term as president, cut other taxes and boost spending on the military and border security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nonpartisan Joint Tax Committee released an analysis projecting that the Senate bill\u2019s tax provisions would reduce government revenue by $4.5tr over the next decade, increasing the $36.2tr US government debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House said this month the legislation would reduce the annual deficit by $1.4tr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s richest person, Elon Musk, also took a swipe at the bill, which would end tax breaks for the electric vehicles that his automaker Tesla manufactures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calling the bill \u201cutterly insane and destructive,\u201d he risked reigniting a feud with Trump that raged earlier this month, before Musk backed down from his rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!\u201d Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Medicaid changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Republicans from states with large rural populations have opposed a reduction in state tax revenue for Medicaid<\/a> providers, including rural hospitals. The newly released legislation would delay that reduction and would include $25 billion to support rural Medicaid providers from 2028 to 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation would raise the cap on federal deductions for state and local taxes to $40,000 with an annual 1pc inflation adjustment through 2029, after which it would fall back to the current $10,000. The bill would also phase the cap down for those earning more than $500,000 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is a major concern of House Republicans from coastal states, including New York, New Jersey and California, who play an important role in keeping the party\u2019s narrow House majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans are using a legislative manoeuvre to bypass the Senate\u2019s 60-vote threshold to advance most legislation in the 100-member chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats will focus their firepower with amendments aimed at reversing Republican spending cuts to programs that provide government-backed healthcare to the elderly, poor and disabled, as well as food aid to low-income families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also would raise the Treasury Department\u2019s debt ceiling by trillions of dollars to stave off a potentially disastrous default on the nation\u2019s debt in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Senate passes the bill, it will then return to the House of Representatives for final passage before Trump can sign it into law. The House passed its version of the bill last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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