Discussion Thread: US Senate Debates and Considers the Republican Budget Resolution on April 4th, 2025

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News and Analysis

• CBS: Senate Republicans unveil budget resolution key to unlocking Trump agenda (Published two days ago)

• NBC: Senate Republicans vote to advance a massive budget blueprint for Trump's agenda | The Senate voted 52-48 to begin debate on a multitrillion-dollar plan that would cut taxes, boost spending for immigration enforcement and the military and raise the debt limit. (Published yesterday)

• NBC: GOP concerns about tax cut strategy and Medicaid loom over Senate budget

• AP: Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

• ABC: Video: Senate Republicans set to push Trump agenda forward with vote-a-rama

• Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Senate Budget Could Enable Unprecedented Deficit Increase

Live Updates

Relevant text-based, live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: NBC, and Politico (soft paywall).

Where to Watch

• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Senate convenes as Republicans push for Trump’s budget bill of tax and spending cuts

• C-SPAN: U.S. Senate, 2025-04-04 | The Senate is considering a revised version of the 2025 House Republicans' budget resolution.

[u/mmlauren35]

How permanent and detrimental is everything he’s doing? Say we have a democratic president in 4 years. When can I expect to feel normal again? 😖

[u/arrivederci117 → u/mmlauren35]

If the next election is going to be another 49.5% nail biter where people have to wait until all of the votes are completely tallied because it's so close, I doubt any country will trust us again, that's assuming we even have elections by the.

[u/HellaTroi → u/arrivederci117]

If Trump gets his way, many people will be prevented from voting at all. Votes mailed on election day but not received yet will not be counted. Mail in voting could be ruled illegal as well.

[u/loglighterequipment → u/HellaTroi]

Trump will be so unpopular by then that even Reublicans would riot if they fucked with the election.

[u/HellaTroi → u/loglighterequipment]

I hope you are right. It seems a few are wavering slightly, but the bad times are on the way.

I can't even look at my 401k right now.

[u/loglighterequipment → u/HellaTroi]

Don't look, but do up your contributions. I raised mine a couple weeks ago when it became clear he was dead serious about tanking the economy.