A major legislative package from US President Donald Trump has received support in an initial vote in the Senate late Saturday American time. This is reported by the American media AP.
According to the AP, this happened with a narrow majority of 51 votes in favor and 49 votes against. This is a so-called procedural vote, which shows how much support the legislative package can muster in the Senate. The fact that the legislative package has received a majority in this vote means that it will now be debated.
If the legislative package finally gets the green light in the Senate after this, it will be sent to the House of Representatives. Here it will be voted on one last time before it can go to Trump in the White House for approval.
The bill is 940 pages long, and Trump himself calls it the "Big, Beautiful Bill". Among other things, it extends tax cuts from Trump's first term as well as eliminating several of the renewable energy incentives introduced under President Joe Biden.
It also includes funding for measures against immigration. Reuters writes that the majority in favor of the procedural vote increases the chance that US lawmakers can pass the package in the coming days.
Two Republican senators voted against opening the debate on the proposal on Saturday. All Democrats voted against.
According to a White House spokesman, Trump followed the vote from the Oval Office.
- Very proud of the Republican Party tonight. God bless you all, Trump writes Sunday morning Danish time on Truth Social.
Tight schedule
According to CNN, the schedule for the legislative package is tight. The president has thus demanded that he be able to sign the legislation into law on July 4.
After Saturday's procedural vote gave the Senate the opportunity to debate the proposal, a vote in the Senate is not expected to take place until Monday at the earliest.
The leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, has said that the legislative package must be read aloud before the debate can begin.
- The Republicans will not tell the Americans what the bill says. So the Democrats are forcing them to read it out loud in the Senate, he wrote on Saturday evening Danish time on the social media X.
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