Live look at the floor of the US Senate where moments from now a voterama on President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill is set to begin. This comes after the Republican le chamber advanced the package following a dramatic drawn out process over the weekend. Let's bring in NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles.Ryan, I think they are about to start, right. What's the latest on where this all stands. That's right.And Catty, just know that I'm always here for you as well. And you're right. ...

Senate Republicans are moving forward with a plan to mask the $3.8 trillion cost of extending expiring tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation by using an unprecedented accounting maneuver https://t.co/o6KJkzzstD ...

President Trump expecting to see his long-awaited reconciliation bill on his desk by this Friday. Joining us right now is Joe Leavia. He's counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant.Good morning to you. Morning, Andrew. We are getting closer.We have a what do they call it. A voterama taking place uh today. What do you think has to happen to I mean we've had a couple of different people even on the show this morning who said there's still some other reconciliation issues that really have to take place bef ...

Right now, the Senate is debating over Trump's big, beautiful bill as Senate Republicans push to pass it ahead of their July 4th deadline. Late this afternoon, Senate clerks wrapped up a nearly 16hour long marathon reading of the 940 page bill, laying out what senators will be voting for and the stakes for Americans nationwide. Last night, the bill passed a key procedural hurdle to begin debate with all Democrats voting no along with two Republican holdouts, Senators Tom Tillis and Ran Paul.This comes as th ...

Joining me right now, we have Senator Chris Van Galand of Maryland. Senator, it's good to see you again, sir. So, I do want to begin with the unexpected news that we got what 30 45 minutes ago or so about Senator Tom Tillis and the fact that he will not run again for reelection next year when he would have been up.Um, was this a surprise to you. It is a surprise. It's also an indication that uh Tom Tillis knows this is a very rotten bill.It's been clear from the beginning he had deep misgivings about uh thi ...

The Senate is now considering President Trump's one big beautiful bill. The legislation passed a key procedural hurdle late on Saturday night. The A's are 51, the nays are 49.The motion is agreed to. It's a 940 page piece of tax and spending legislation that came out Friday and now they're trying to go through this process of making some final changes, some final amendments. As the Senate Republicans are trying to figure this out, they're dealing with the splits in their own group over things like Medicaid, ...

Let me delve into some of the broader opposition though that we're seeing in the most recent polling in the bill. 59% of voters say they oppose it. And Elon Musk post posted yesterday that the bill is quote political suicide for the Republican party.Do you think this legislation could cost Republicans in the midterm, Senator. No. Well, let's unpack some of the stuff you said.What the CBO was talking about was actual uh bring home pay. When you start talking about the child deduction u uh um or the child ded ...

This Sunday, decision time. The Supreme Court imposes limits on the power of federal judges, handing more power to the White House. It only takes bad power away from judges as Senate Republicans rush to get President Trump's massive tax and spending bill to his desk before the July 4th deadline.Call your senators. Call your congressmen. We have to get the vote up.At the end of the day, this is a um a process whereby um not everybody's going to get what they want. What programs will be funded and which will ...

Fiscal Policy Proposals - Extend 2017 tax cuts [1] - End federal tax on tips/overtime [1] - Add a $1K (one thousand) newborn savings bonus [1] - Increase defense spending by $150B (one hundred fifty billion) [1] - Increase immigration enforcement spending by $70B (seventy billion) to $350B (three hundred fifty billion) [1] Social Welfare & Citizenship - Cut Medicaid/SNAP, potentially causing 10M+ (ten million plus) people to lose coverage [1] - End birthright citizenship [1] Deficit Impact - Increase the deficit by $2.4T+ (two point four trillion plus) [1]

President Trump's domestic agenda is now facing a new and major setback. This is on the budget and some of the things that Trump and the MAGA crowd want to ram through the budget, which is despite everything going on obviously in the world, still Donald Trump and the Republican party's greatest priority, getting this done somehow. And yet, as you're going to see in this breaking news, Republican senators are dealing with the setback in real time today.Well, I mean, as you know, it's pretty frustrating, righ ...