Washington – A series of marathon votes continued in the early hours of Tuesday in the Mass Tax Law of President Trump while Republicans worked to approve the Central piece legislation or the second -term agenda of Mr. Trump.
The house passed by little The bill of last month, and the Senate Republicans have been working to put their mark on the legislation, stepping carefully so as not to get rid of the delicate balance in the lower chamber. The Chamber must approve Senate changes to the bill before he can go to the president’s desk for his signature. And legislators are trying to move quickly, with a self -imposed deadline on July 4 to sign the measure.
The Senate worked during the weekend when the Republican party approaches a final sprint in the legislation before the deadline. Entitled “A great and beautiful bill”, the legislation increased the expenditure for border security, defense and energy production, which is partially compensated by cuts to medical care and nutrition programs. The Congress Budget Office estimated on Sunday that the legislated would increase the deficit by almost $ 3.3 billion in the next decade.
Senate Republicans Legislation advanced On Saturday night, with all but two votes in favor after hours late, since the Republican party worked to iron last minute details and dissipate the group among the holders. The vote on the motion to process remained open for more than three hours, since the Holdocuts sought guarantees of the leaders of the Republican Party. Some adjustments were made to the bill before Republicans finally received sufficient votes to advance.
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The Senate Democrats further delayed the path of legislation by forcing the bill to be read entirely, starting on Saturday. After almost 16 hours, Senate employees concluded their reading of the bill on the floor, starting the clock in debate. Each side had up to 10 hours for debate, before he voted on Monday morning.
The “A-rama voter”
After the debate and a break until morning, the Senate began what is known as a “vote-to-rama” on Monday in which senators can sacrifice an unlimited number of amendments and strength to cast votes after vote. Democrats have the opportunity to use the opportunity to put their republican colleagues in the registry in a series of controversial issues before the middle of the period elections.
But before the Chamber could reach the votes of the amendment, the senators had to address a pending disagreement on the baseline of the current policy, an accounting approach that would make it seem to extend the current tax policy would cost Noghing. The leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, maneuvered on Sunday to allow the use of the current policy baseline, before the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, quickly appealed the measure, requesting a vote since the Democrats criticized as the “nuclear option.” The Chamber voted 53-47, along the lines of the party, to affirm the use of the current policy baseline on Monday.
Schumer said the Democrats would bring “an amendment after the other” on Monday, and began the process by offering an amendment to send the bill to the Finance Committee to visit some of their medical care provisions. The camera rejected the amendment in a vote of the party line.
Democrats propose a series of amendments to try to withdraw some of the most controversial provisions of the bill. Senator Ed Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, proposes an amendment to eliminate the provisions of the bill that said they force rural hospitals to limit their services or close the doors. And sen. Chris Coans, a Delaware Democrat, proposes an amendment to eliminate what he called “bureaucracy” about the eligibility of Medicaid. Other amendments proposed by the Democrats in question to food assistance and taxes to the state supplier, among a series of related issues. The amendments fell short.
Republican senator John Cornyn of Texas offered the first amendment led by Republicans, who would have reduced federal payments of medical expansion to states that provide coverage to undocumented immigrants accused of specific crimes. The ruler of the Senate, known as parliamentarian, determined that the provision would require a threshold of 60 votes. The amendment fell short, thought he picked up the support of a handful of Democrats.
In the midst of the series of votes, the anticipation revolved around a consequent amendment that is expected to be presented by Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida on Monday later. The amendment would significantly reduce the Federal Party of Medicaid Expansion Party carried out under the Low Price Health Care Law, except for new affiliates after 2030, in a movement that would make the bill more acceptable for some fiscal hawks.
Thune has supported the amendment, describing it as “great politics”, and predicted that it will obtain significant support between the Senate Republican Party. But it remains to be seen if you have enough support to add to the bill.
The chamber rhythm was put at night. As the amendment extended, the Democrats accused the Republicans or storage.
“They are delaying, they are storing, they are cutting many rear room offers,” Schumer told journalists. “But we are only moving forward, amendment after amendment: they don’t like thesis amendments.”
Asked by journalists about the attraction on Monday night, Thune said: “We are the son of discovering what everyone has to have in terms of votes.” He added that the leaders of the Senate Republican Party are working to build a list and expressed their confidence that the Chamber could still vote on the final approval of the morning.
The way to the step
Senate Republicans have been pursued by legislation through the budgetary reconciliation process, allowing the party to advance the support of Achross the corridor. With only a simple majority required to advance to the extent, instead of the 60 votes necessary to advance with most legislation, Senate Democrats have few mechanisms to combat the progress of the bill.
With a majority of 53 seats, the republican leaders of the Senate can only afford to lose the support of three Republicans, and now they would require a vice president voting voting JD Vance. And Althegh, several senators who had expressed to the measure finally decided to move forward on Saturday, how they vote on the measure in a final form remains an uncle.
The sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina were the two Republicans who oppose the progress of the bill on Saturday, and they are expected to oppose the legislation in the final approval. Tillis, who announced On Sunday that is not in re -election, tok to the Senate floor that night to describe their opposition to some of the draft cuts to Medicaid, claiming that “Republicans are about to make an error in medical care” and arguing that the Republican Party is. “
“It is unavoidable that Bill in his current form betrayed the promise that Donald J. Trump made” to aim to only waste, fraud and abuse in the rights program, said Tillis, claiming that the president has been “poorly informed”
The North Carolina Republican argued that the deadline of July 4 is an “artificial”, saying that the Senate Republicans rush, while encouraging the camera to “take the time to do it well” and align more with the medications of the camera.
But the leaders of the Senate Republican Party are still advancing. Thune, a South Dakota Republican, delivered a defense of the bill on the Senate’s floor before the vote vote on Monday, delaying criticism in Medicaid cuts, the impact on the deficit and the baseline of the current policy.
Let’s vote, “said Thune. “This is good for America.”
When asked if he trusts that the Senate Republicans have the votes to approve the legislation, the majority leader told journalists: “Never, until we vote.”
Vance was a hand to break a possible tie vote on Saturday, although his vote finally not. Even so, the Vice President with Holdouts of the Republican Party in the office of the majority leader on Saturday when the White House put the pressure creators to arrive at the bill in the finish line.
The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Monday that the president “has been in contact with legislators throughout the weekend to approve this bill.”
“The White House and the president insist that this bill is approved and that Bill arrives at his desk,” Leavitt said. “Republicans must remain hard and unify the domestic section, and we have them to do the job.”
Meanwhile, Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, warned Sunday that the legislation would be a “Political albatros“For Republicans, while suggesting that the bill could even lose support between the Republican Party, saying” it is not treated until it is activated. “
“I think that many of my Republican friends know that they are walking on the board about this, and we will see if those who have expressed their quiet dismay will have the courage of their conviction,” Warner said on Sunday about “Face the Nation Margaret Brennannn.”
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