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/KrankyKoot]

Somebody posted the plan that with a recession the fed will be forced to lower rates which would allow the debt to be refinanced allowing room for his tax cuts. And he supposedly cheered the idea. I couldn't find the post but absolutely would expect this from him. He's already bitching that they aren't cutting.

[u/Adventurous-Tone-311 → u/KrankyKoot]

Yeah that's not how that works. If the economy continues down this path, rates will never be cut and may potentially rise.

When the banks take greater risk in lending money, naturally rates go up. It's insane to me that Trump doesn't understand this simple concept.

[u/Embarrassed-Track-21 → u/Adventurous-Tone-311]

Let’s be realistic, banks above a certain size in America don’t face risk anymore and haven’t for a long time.