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/Future_Constant6520]

This is a big plan to tank the market and give a massive tax cut to the wealthy to allow them the opportunity to do a massive buy back.

Trump will leverage tariffs to increase his influence and power with other nations. After the buy backs have taken place he’ll adjust his tariff policy and it will be business as usual. This is all a scam to create another massive transfer of wealth up to the top. The tax cuts aren’t enough. They want it all.

[u/AHotDodgerDog → u/Future_Constant6520]

I feel like this is giving him too much credit as a “planner.”

[u/Future_Constant6520 → u/AHotDodgerDog]

I don’t think you’re giving him enough credit. We all knew about project 2025 and despite playing dumb on the campaign trail he’s carrying it out better than the architects ever dreamed.

Part of his strategy is to have you believe he’s dumb and not capable of carrying out this authoritarian agenda.