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/insideout_waffle]

Sadly, you underestimate the power of stupidity. GOP brought us here twice already. We had a second chance to decide “not this time.” But here we are.

[u/fertthrowaway → u/insideout_waffle]

I dunno, almost no one alive today has experienced an economic depression. I don't think it will be so forgettable. Republicans were in power for 3 presidencies for 8 years before the Great Depression started (Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover). Then FDR (D) was president for 12 years fixing that shit.

[u/jgandfeed → u/fertthrowaway]

Uhh...2008 was not THAT long ago....

[u/Brndrll → u/jgandfeed]

That was 16 years ago.

The 18-21 year olds voting last year were toddlers when that happened. TikTok only told them Kamala bad, Trump cool; it didn't teach them history.