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

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

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/legbreaker]

I don’t get why the democrats aren’t blowing up the news with the 5-7 Trillion dollar deficit increase that the senate is proposing.

It is such a monstrosity. The GOP voters hate the deficit, but somehow their politicians are getting away with blowing up the debt limit for billionaire tax cuts at the same time they are crashing the economy.

There is no world where this makes any logical sense. No GOP voter wants this.

It’s such an easy point to hit them hard with.

[u/putin_my_ass → u/legbreaker]

I don’t get why the democrats aren’t blowing up the news with the 5-7 Trillion dollar deficit increase that the senate is proposing.

The news is choosing not to cover this.

Somehow, yet again, all of this is the Democrats.

[u/killercurvesahead → u/putin_my_ass]

first of all, you’re not wrong.

But they could (should!!) be getting on the news on the pretext of discussing anything and changing the subject live on air. Control the message. Be overbearing if you have to. You know, the way Republicans always do.

[u/putin_my_ass → u/killercurvesahead]

Control the message.

My point is the people who choose which segments (and guests) get to air are the ones that control the message. Not Democrats.

Your problem is with the people who own your news sources.

You say they should "get on the news" with any pretext and be overbearing. Maybe you should. Americans always seem to expect someone or something else is going to do it for them.

[u/legbreaker → u/putin_my_ass]

Yeah, news is not covering it is bad. But the democrats are the ones that benefit the most from this.

The media picks up controversy. They should be making statements. Going on site and calling a press conference at a site that is at threat of going out of business because of the tariffs.

Create the news for them.