Senate floor staff on Sunday concluded the out-loud reading to the chamber of President Donald Trump’s nearly 1,000-page tax and spending bill, fulfilling a demand by Democrats in a symbolic protest of the Republican legislation that was one step closer to final passage.
Clerks began reading aloud at 11:08 p.m. Saturday and finished the 940-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act about 16 hours later at 3:03 p.m. Sunday following an overnight session with rotating 30-minute shifts.
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Prior to its reading, Republicans voted 51-49 Saturday night on a procedural motion to advance the sprawling legislation after hours of negotiations on and off the floor, with GOP holdouts scoring last-minute concessions from leadership in exchange for
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