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EDITORIAL: The Big Beautiful Bill at 51-49 — the Senate on the Trumpian razor's edge
Late in the night of Saturday June 28, 2026, after a vote held open for more than four hours in a tension that gripped Washington, the United States Senate voted 51-49 to proceed to debate on President Trump's budget bill, officially named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two Republican senators — Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Rand Paul (R-KY) — joined all Democrats in voting against.
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