The House and the Senate are still a long way from approving President Trump’s “big and beautiful bill” to cut spending, cut taxes and potentially raise debt ceilings.
However, the next step in the process begins this afternoon and within the next 48 hours.
The Senate may vote between 4 and 6 p.m. Thursday, effectively “continue” for the budget framework. The framework is necessary to avoid conquering the bill, according to the special budget rules used by the Senate.
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The next step in the budgeting process begins this afternoon and within the next 48 hours. (Getty Image)
in the case of Senate Without moving forward, Republicans faced major problems. But if the Senate could forge ahead of time, it could actually initiate a 50-hour debate on the updated budget plan and move to what was called a “vote” Friday night. The Senate will probably complete this step in the process and adopt a new framework in the early hours of Saturday morning or Saturday daytime.
“Voting” is really just a very, very good way for the Senate to say “the way the long ticket series can run all night.” Senate rifles voted by rolling phone, and voted in rolling phones for hours. Most votes – Lamas runs for 10-15 hours. They are always related to the budgeting process. And, thanks to special budget rules, senators can offer an unlimited number of amendments – which is why there are so many votes.
Republicans will try to complete the process as quickly as possible – although some conservatives may offer an amendment related to debt reduction or debt ceilings.
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May 16, 2024 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Democrats may offer many amendments to keep vulnerable Republicans informed of controversial issues, such as possible cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and even tariffs.
The most important thing is:
right Congress Promote the “big and beautiful Bill”. This is the touchstone of President Trump’s legislative agenda, which may be the most important legislation submitted by Congress in the next two years. But it was a thorough process and a few months to reach the point where the House and Senate could actually approve the bill itself. However, this incremental step is crucial to get there. That’s why interested parties focus on voting starting and ending Friday night.
Also, why start the process so late on Thursday and force the Senate to meet on Friday night and weekend? Especially when the Senate has had several weekend meetings and several night meetings this year? These include overnight, record-breaking speeches Senator Cory BookerDN.J. , earlier this week.
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Senator Cory Booker sat on the camera during the introduction of the video. (Senate Democratic YouTube channel)
First, the Senate needs to complete this step. Time is crucial. But secondly, Fox was told that if the Senate didn’t start until Friday night, insisting until later this week could limit the length of the vote. This doesn’t mean that voting won’t be tiring for a long time. But this may abbreviate the process.
Let’s take a step back so we can expect what the House and Senate must do to pass tax cuts and spending cuts. There may be eight steps here. The Senate motion for the next few days is the third step.
In February, the Senate adopted an initial budget outline, so a special “budget settlement process” could be used and avoided.
house Approved the version of its own budget outline in late February, although the consequences of Fribuster don’t make sense for the house. But the problem is that the House and Senate have approved different budget frameworks. They still need to be synchronized.
Therefore, these are one and two steps in the persistence process.
The Senate vote – Rama – eventually adopted a new, updated budget blueprint – is the third step.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Left and Majority Leader John Thune (Reuters)
Step 4 may be next week when the Senate updated package enters the House. Speaker Mike JohnsonR-la. He said Wednesday night he hopes the house will be in line with the Senate framework next week. Therefore, this requires a further vote. But some Guardians may look at Senate spending cut numbers. Those close to the Senate process told Fox that the numbers represent the “floor” of spending cuts. Not the “ceiling”. But the ultimate Senate number may not have as many conservatives as many people.
Why does the Senate do this? Comply with specific, strict Senate budget rules.
Johnson was on Wednesday night at New Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla.
“The margin is a little more comfortable. It’s an awkward asset. Now we can lose, now three votes or something.”
Your real question about Patronis, whether he and Fine will vote for the Senate, still incomplete plan.
The patron replied: “I voted for my spokesperson.”
“Right!” Johnson was piped.

Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at a press conference held at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on January 22, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The speakers are excited to get some backups after the worst weeks of their tenure. Johnson lost an internal struggle in voting for a proxy for a member of a pregnant woman or a new mom. This prevented the house from considering other major bills and forced him to close the home for the rest of Tuesday.
In any case, if the House adopts the plan now before the Senate, they will go to steps 5 and 6. That’s where the House and the Senate actually assemble, debate and presumably pass the bill itself. These steps will be the most challenging setting to date. It is likely to involve another Senate vote.
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Then, we may have steps 7 and 8. If both bodies approve different bills, that’s where the House and Senate may need to vote again to align again.
That’s why it may take to summer through “big and beautiful bills”. There is no doubt that there will be other ics along the way.