Senate passes Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' measure now returns to House

The passage comes as Congressional leaders eye a tight, self-imposed Friday deadline for sending the bill to the Oval Office.

By Misty Severi and Joseph Weber

Published: July 1, 2025 12:08pm

Updated: July 1, 2025 12:25pm

Senate Republicans on Tuesday morning passed the chamber's version of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."

The vote was 50-50 in the 100-member chamber with Vice President JD Vance casting the deciding tie-break vote.

The vote at about noon Washington, D.C.-time followed a marathon, overnight amendment session and leaders of the GOP-controlled chamber wrangling the final votes.

Going into the morning, four Republican senators – Kentucky's Rand Paul, North Carolina's Thom Tillis, Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski – were the no GOP votes. Leadership eventually reached a deal that convinced Murkowski to vote yes.

The entire Democratic conference, which includes two independent senators, voted against the measure.

The GOP holdouts were essentially concerned about the bill’s reductions to Medicaid leaving millions of Americans without healthcare and were calling for steeper cuts to hold down deficits ballooning with the measure's tax cuts, according to the Associated Press.

The bill now returns to the GOP House for final votes.