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/obiouslymag1c]

The USD tanking is also unwelcome as it adds an extra bit of F U to all of us.

e.g. USD/EUR on Jan 20 2025 = 1/.98 - USD/EUR on April 04 2025 = 01/.91

• Bottle of french wine that costs 100 Euro Jan 25 2025 = $104
• Bottle of french wine that costs 100 Euro April 04 2025 = $131.06

Effectively a 26% increase since DJT came to office. (20% tariff / 6% currency)

[u/Prayer_Warrior21 → u/obiouslymag1c]

I was in Europe this time last year and it felt so cheap with the EUR basically 1:1 with USD.