周一上午，参议院开始就唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期优先事项的大账单拟议修正案进行“拉玛投票”。
此前，参议员们举行了一次罕见的周末会议，包括周六晚上以51票对49票的戏剧性程序性投票，以推进大规模的税收和移民法案，以及民主党人强制阅读940页的法案。
周日夜间，参议院议员裁定更多条款不符合共和党人用来以简单多数通过法案的和解程序。如果该法案在参议院获得通过，它将回到众议院，考虑参议院对众议院以一票之差通过的法案版本所做的修改。
特朗普宣布推出名为“胜利45-47”的新香水
周一晚上，唐纳德·特朗普总统在他的社交媒体平台上宣布了一款名为“胜利45-47”的新香水。
“特朗普香水来了。特朗普在社交媒体上写道:“它们被称为‘胜利45-47’，因为它们都是关于胜利、力量和成功的。”。
特朗普的香水系列包括男士古龙水和女士香水。它们每个售价249美元。
12月，作为当选总统，特朗普发起了“战斗!战斗!打!”社交媒体上的香水系列。当时，总统说它也代表“胜利”。
“打架了!战斗!打!”香水售价199美元。
最初的‘胜利’古龙水和香水目前缺货。
根据6月份发布的财务披露报告，特朗普从特朗普运动鞋和香水中赚了250万美元。
特朗普的“大而美丽的法案”的命运仍然不确定，因为“一票一票”已经过去了近12个小时
投票已经进行了近12个小时，目前所有迹象表明参议院不会很快结束。
民主党人继续在议会上提出一个又一个修正案。参议院目前正在进行与该法案相关的第20次投票，现在，发言似乎停滞不前。
少数党领袖查克·舒默表示，他认为共和党人正在“拖延时间”
“他们没有账单。他们被耽搁了。他们在拖延时间。他们正在削减许多幕后交易，”舒默谈到参议院共和党人时说。“他们有很多成员得到了他们可能无法兑现的承诺，所以他们只是在拖延。”
但在幕后，共和党人正在运筹帷幄。周一晚上，他们聚在一起吃了大约一个小时的晚饭。多数党领袖约翰·图恩(John Thune)参加了晚宴，他说，他们正试图找到一种“坚持着陆”的方式。
民主党人利用投票的早期时间来强调对医疗补助的削减
民主党人正在利用周一的“投票”来强调他们所说的特朗普总统的巨额法案将对医疗补助、SNAP和农村医院进行削减，并强调他们所说的该法案对最富裕的美国人的减税。到目前为止，共和党已经挫败了民主党修改或重新考虑该法案的所有努力。
参议院以47票对53票否决了少数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)领导的一项修正案，他说这项修正案将消除“共和党法案核心的嘲弄”。
“他们的法案——所谓美丽的大法案，实际上是一个丑陋的大背叛——通过剥夺数百万人的医疗保健来为亿万富翁减税。因此，我的修正案只是说——如果人们的医疗保健费用上升，亿万富翁的减税就会消失，”舒默说。
参议院财政委员会主席、共和党人迈克·克拉波(Mike Crapo)反对舒默的修正案，称他错误地框定了该法案的内容。
克拉波说:“事实是，我们正在实施的改革试图控制浪费、欺诈和滥用支出，这些支出实际上从这些项目真正应该得到的人那里转移了资源。”
民主党参议员埃德·马基(Ed Markey)试图取消一些条款，他说这些条款会因削减医疗补助(Medicaid)而对农村医院产生负面影响，但他的努力也失败了，但得到了两位共和党人的支持:参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基和苏珊·科林斯。
参议院农业委员会(Senate Agriculture committee)最高民主党人艾米·克洛布查尔(Amy Klobuchar)认为，该法案中的仓促条款“给国家预算带来混乱，给家庭带来困难”，违反了预算规则。她的动议被共和党人放弃了。
Klobuchar说:“最大的无资金支持的任务是支持儿童、退伍军人、老年人和残疾人的。”“这伤害了当地的杂货店，伤害了我们的农民，这一切都是为了给富人减税。我对我们的同事说:投票给家庭，而不是亿万富翁。”
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特朗普向鲍威尔发出照会，呼吁降低利率:白宫
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特在周一的新闻发布会上说，特朗普总统向美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔发出了一份手写的照会，呼吁他降低利率。
莱维特向记者举起这张纸条，看起来是特朗普用他的黑色签字笔写的。
“我给你们带来了美国总统致美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的原始信件，”她说。该文件列出了日本和英国等其他国家的利率，这些国家的利率都低于美国。
一张写在图表上方的纸条写道:“杰罗姆，你还是像往常一样，‘太晚了’。”你让美国损失了一大笔钱，而且还在继续。你应该降低税率——降低很多!数千亿美元正在流失!没有通货膨胀。"
“我会提醒美联储主席，我会提醒整个世界，这是一位首先是商人的总统，他知道自己在做什么，”莱维特说。“他有一套行之有效的经济公式，在他的第一个总统任期内发挥了作用，现在也再次发挥了作用。剩下的一个问题是美国人民的高利率。美国人民希望以低廉的价格借到钱，他们应该能够做到。但不幸的是，我们的利率仍然过高。因此，总统今天向美联储主席发出了这份通知。”
White House urges Republicans to stay unified on Trump megabill
The White House had a message for Republicans on Monday as lawmakers rush to try to pass President Trump's megabill before his July 4 deadline.
"Republicans need to stay tough and unified during the home stretch, and we are counting on them to get the job done," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at her briefing.
Leavitt was asked about the bill's prospects in the House, which will have to sign off on the Senate changes. There is currently little room for error in either chamber for Republicans -- Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford three defections if all members are present and voting.
"We need the full weight of the Republican conference to get behind this bill and we expect them to, and we are confident they will," Leavitt said.
"The president has been working hand in hand with Senate Majority Leader Thune and also our House Republican Leader, or the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, both of whom will be at the White House today to meet with the president yet again. I believe they were here this morning," she added.
'Vote-a-rama' kicks off in the Senate on Trump's megabill
The Senate gaveled in on Monday morning to begin a "vote-a-rama" on amendments proposed to President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the chamber's top Democrat, said his party "will bring one amendment after the other again and again and again to put Republicans on the record."
"Mr. President, today Senate Republicans have to decide: choose the American people or bow down to President Trump and his coterie of billionaires," Schumer said in remarks on the floor. He later added, "Every senator will soon have an opportunity to reject this nonsense and vote for commonsense budgeting. Americans will be watching."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, defended the legislation as bringing tax cuts to American families and argued government programs like Medicaid are in need of reform.
"Mr. President, it's time to vote," Thune said. Thune added on Trump's bill, "This, Mr. President, will make this country safer, stronger and more prosperous."
House GOP leaders say Wednesday is earliest chance for megabill vote
House GOP leaders informed lawmakers Sunday night that their earliest vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill" would occur Wednesday morning, as the Senate works through the measure and top Republicans aim to meet a self-imposed Independence Day deadline.
"Members are advised that votes are now expected in the House as early as 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 2. Please stay tuned to future updates for additional information regarding this week's schedule," a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer's office said.
Republican leaders have told members they will receive 48 hours' notice before a vote is called and will have 72 hours to review the bill text.
A lot needs to happen before the House -- which was supposed to be out of session this week for the holiday -- can even hold a floor vote on the megabill.
First, the Senate needs to pass the bill and send it back to the lower chamber. Then, the Rules Committee will convene to advance the bill to the floor -- which is expected to occur as early as Tuesday.
Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders have been working through the weekend to lock down the votes even as several lawmakers expressed opposition to the Senate's version, which is still not finalized. Johnson can only afford to lose three defections if all members are voting and present.
California moderate Republican Rep. David Valadao said he will vote "no" given the Medicaid changes in the Senate bill.
"I support the reasonable provisions in H.R. 1 that protect Medicaid's long-term viability and ensure the program continues to serve our most vulnerable, but I will not support a final bill that eliminates vital funding streams our hospitals rely on, including provider taxes and state directed payments, or any provisions that punish expansion states," Valadao said in a statement Saturday.
Several conservatives like Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Josh Breechen of Oklahoma and Eric Burlison of Missouri have also expressed opposition to the Senate's bill.
"I will not negotiate via X. But it's important to know that jamming us with a bill before we've had any chance to review the implications of major changes&re-writes, fluid scores, a high likelihood of violating the house framework (deficits),&tons of swamp buy-offs is bad," Roy said in a post on X Saturday.
House GOP leaders hosted a conference call Saturday instructing members to not publicize their concerns with the bill, according to multiple sources.
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Senate Republicans to begin vote-a-rama on Monday
Senate Republicans announced Sunday that they planned a brief pause on the precession of events toward a final vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Senators will begin their vote-a-rama at 9 a.m. Monday, instead of the original early early morning start time that was anticipated. In the meantime, debate of the bill will continue on the Senate floor until senators finish or their time expires.
Once the vote-a-rama kicks off, senators will be allowed to offer an unlimited number amendments to the bill. When this ends, they'll take a vote of final passage. It will need 51 votes to pass.
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Sen. Tillis rails against Trump's megabill's impact on Medicaid
A fiery Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., took to the Senate floor on Sunday evening to explain his vote from Saturday against the motion to proceed on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, condemning the legislation and saying it breaks President Donald Trump’s promises to protect Medicaid.
“What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore, guys?” Tillis asked at one point.
“The people in the White House advising the president, they're not telling him that the effect of this bill is to break a promise.”
Tillis, who had earlier on Sunday announced his plans to retire from the Senate following attacks from Trump over his decision to oppose the GOP megabill, also said that the president’s self-imposed July 4th deadline to pass the legislation was “artificial.”
“I believe that we can make sure that we do not break the promise of Donald J Trump– that he's made to the people on Medicaid today,” Tillis continued. “But what we're doing because we've got a view on an artificial deadline on July 4 that means nothing but another date and time we could take the time to get this right, if we lay down the house mark of the Medicaid bill and fix it."
"What’s wrong with actually understanding what this bill does?" the senator asked.
Trump reminds Republican senators of reelection stakes amid debate over 'big beautiful bill'
As the Senate officially began debating the "big beautiful bill," President Donald Trump took to his social media platform on Sunday, advising Republican senators not to "go too crazy!" and suggesting that they still need to be reelected.
"For all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, REMEMBER, you still have to get reelected," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Don’t go too crazy! We will make it all up, times 10, with GROWTH, more than ever before," he added.
The president's comments come as a number of Republican senators who voted to advance the bill on Saturday said they are still considering how they'll vote on its final passage.
