Senators for 'Big, Beautiful Bill' -- Expects Grueling 'Vote-a-Rama' Through Weekend

Source: MEDIAite

Jun 24th, 2025, 4:24 pm


Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told senators to buckle up for a long weekend of votes on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Act — and has enlisted the help of President Donald Trump to lobby Republicans to get on board with the controversial legislation.

Thune, who has served as the Senate GOP leader since January after his predecessor, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stepped down, has served in the Senate since 2005, and before that, served three terms in South Dakota’s sole seat in the House of Representatives. He spoke to Axios reporter Stef W. Kight on Tuesday to give an update on the bill’s progress and how he anticipated the next few days would go.

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” is facing some fierce headwinds and is polling poorly across the board. It passed the House and was put forward under the reconciliation process to avoid getting blockaded by a filibuster in the Senate, but is still struggling to get the support of enough senators to pass. Even with Trump’s loud urging, Republicans have a narrow majority in the Senate and with Democrats expected to vote against the bill, it would only take a few GOP holdouts to block it from passing and kick it back to the House for revisions.

Besides the expected strong opposition from Congressional Democrats, the bill and several of its provisions have spawned spirited objections from Republicans, including some who are normally some of Trump’s staunchest allies. Earlier this month, the bill instigated a public and bitter spat between the president and Elon Musk. Even Trump himself has railed against some of the provisions in the various versions wending their way through the House and Senate.

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