Senate Democrats’ delay strategy on Trump bill ends after marathon reads

Senate Democrats’ delay strategy is finally over, but Senate Republicans still have a vote proof Donald Trump’s “Big, beautiful Bill.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerDN.Y., on the Senate floor, forced a clerk to read aloud on the Senate Republican version of Trump’s big giant on Saturday. Overall, the 940-page legislative behemoth was unblocked on Sunday, taking nearly 16 hours.

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Schumer announced that he would force clerks to read the bill before the eventual success, albeit full of dramatic procedures. After forcing the bill to read, he said on X: “Republicans are squirming.”

“I know damn, they haven’t read the bill yet, so we’re going to do it,” he said.

This is often summarized strategy Schumer and Senate Democrats The deployment is part of a painful campaign against Republicans, who are freed from their opinions on the president’s agenda.

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Senator Ron Johnson was at Hart Building on July 11, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)

The last time the Senate clerk was forced to read the entire bill on the floor was in 2021, when the Senate. Ron JohnsonR-Wis. Similarly opposed and demanded that former President Joe Biden read aloud the American Rescue Act.

Now, with the distribution of reading, lawmakers will move on through the 20-hour debate that is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Senate Democrats are expected to squeeze every second from the allocated time, while Senate Republicans can only use it for a few hours at most.

That’s when it comes to Republican parties, who have already criticized the bill, such as Senator Rand Paul, r-ky. While his support for the final pass is unlikely, he is not the only headache for Senate Majority Leader John ThuneRs.d. Maybe you have to worry.

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Senator Susan Collins spoke at the Senate Appropriations Hearing on November 20, 2024. (Imagn)

RN.C. Senator Thom Tillis is unlikely to change his mind and vote for the final pass – despite Trump slamming him on social media and threatening the main challenger – unless a significant change is made to the Medicaid adjustment in the bill.

Tillis announced his retirement from Washington at the end of his term, opposing a potentially arduous primary battle, further undermining his determination to the bill.

R-Maine Senator Susan Collins supports the legislation through its first test, and he also hopes to see a real change in Medicaid provider tax rates.

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Then, Vice President JD Vance, who negotiated with Thune on Saturday night, would vote hostage holds Saturday night for an amendment to change the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), the amount the federal government pays Medicaid to each state.

FMAP changes are not popular among most people Senate RepublicansApart from the Finance Hawks looking for the steeper cuts in the huge bill.