Senate Republicans Seek To Vote On Trump’s Massive Tax Bill Monday

By Jacob Bogage and Theodoric Meyer

Senate Republicans spent Sunday marshaling support for the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, a sprawling tax and immigration package, working to prevent defections after a near-revolt over the weekend.

The GOP is racing to push the mammoth budget proposal across Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July 4 deadline, but fissures remain within the party over the cuts to social benefit and anti-poverty programs and the bill’s growing price tag.

Lawmakers were debating the measure on the Senate floor through the evening before an overnight onslaught of Democratic amendments expected overnight.

“It’s moving forward,” said Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana), a member of the tax-writing Finance Committee. “It’s never easy.”

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