Posted on 06/28/2025 4:53:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pulling out every procedural maneuver to drag out the review of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” by forcing a full, page-by-page reading on the Senate floor. This is a classic liberal delay tactic aimed at bogging down Republican momentum and distracting from real issues, suggesting that Schumer doesn't want swift action on reforms that the American people support.
On Saturday, Schumer is set to order clerks to read aloud all 940 pages of the Republicans’ sweeping megabill on the Senate floor. The tactic is designed to eat up valuable time following a crucial GOP-backed procedural vote that would officially kick off debate. This move could stall progress on President Trump’s legislative agenda for as long as 15 hours, pushing final passage well into the next day.
“I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor," Schumer wrote on X. "Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor. We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.”
After the full reading of the bill, the Senate will kick off 20 hours of debate, split evenly between the two parties, and is expected to begin early Sunday. Democrats plan to use their full time to hammer their points home, while Republicans are likely to use far less. Once that wraps, the chamber will move into a chaotic amendment marathon known as “vote-a-rama,” where senators can flood the floor with endless proposed changes to Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
This comes as Republicans race to pass the president's sweeping tax-and-spending package ahead of his July 4 deadline...
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ALL DEMOCRATS ARE PURE EVIL!!! Chuckie is SATAN LITE! Even LOOKS EVIL!
This BBB must be even BETTER than we think!!
They should do this with with every bill so they'll know about the pork in it.
The Sphincter of the Senate
Chuck has a stale date,just like all of us. I don’t think the accommodations or the weather will be much to his liking after he passes.
They’ve got to go.
I guess the McCain era of “reaching across the aisle” died out a while ago.
Now they’ll need police in uniform to keep the Dems and GOP apart from each other, with a Demilitarized Zone formerly known as “the aisle.”
Why didn’t the Republicans do this on Obama care?
They’d still be reading it.
meanwhile, 100s of Trump nominees are languishing waiting for a vote to get confirmed. Thune is doing a piss poor job confirming them.
When Republicans “ reach across the aisle” they typically come back with a bloody stump at the end of their arm. It’s like reaching into a tank full of hungry sharks.
How come Turtle never did this?
Oh yeah… I know…
Honestly I dont see the big deal with them reading the entire bill, maybe we will learn something or two about it. This should be required for ALL bills, whats the big secret, let everyone hear what its all about
Did Chuck Schumer pull himself off his sick bed just to display more Senate antics? Bless his heart.
Ole Chuckie.
Ha. Grimly.
“But they looked so nice and smiled at me.”
Schumer is evil. Period. As is Sanders and Pelousy and a few (or not so few, alas) more of the DemoNaziCommies.
It sounds like something the democrats would do.They might even respect it; as far as respect goes in that party.
Where’s “Spartacus” in this charade?
He’s pretty good at meaningless stunts like this one which will not change anything
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