All but two Republicans voted to adopt the blueprint, which allows committees to begin drafting legislative text, but not before the Democrats waged an hourslong voting marathon that kept the Senate in session late into the night.
Across six hours, the chamber voted on a sweeping set of Democratic amendments meant to challenge the early actions of Trump’s second term.
One measure rejected by Republicans would have barred Pentagon officials from using commercial messaging apps to share war plans, a jab at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal controversy.
Republicans also defeated several amendments preventing tax breaks for the wealthy, part of a Democratic strategy to paint the GOP as too cozy with billionaires.
Other rejected amendments, all of which were nonbinding, focused on Trump’s possible
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