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Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

US Vice President JD Vance at the Senate as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on June 28, 2025 [Annabelle Gordon/ Reuters]

The Republican-controlled Senate of the United States has voted to take President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” into the next phase of discussion, making it more likely to pass in the coming days.

The measure, which is Trump’s top legislative goal, passed its first procedural hurdle in a 51 to 49 vote on Saturday, with two Republican senators joining all Democrats in voting against it.

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