Schumer to force Senate reading of Trump's entire 'big, beautiful bill'

The top Democrat in the Senate plans to inflict maximum pain on Senate Republicans in their march to pass President Donald Trump s big beautiful bill before lawmakers even get a chance to debate the legislative behemoth Indeed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N Y plans to force clerks on the Senate floor to read the entirety of the GOP s -page megabill His move to drain as much time as accomplishable will come after Republicans vote on a key procedural test to open debate on the rule TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' FACES REPUBLICAN FAMILY FEUD AS SENATE REVEALS ITS FINAL TEXT I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor Schumer announced 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 he stated We will be here all night if that s what it takes to read it KEY GOP SENATOR DEFECTS ON CRUCIAL VOTE IMPERILING TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' IN NARROW MAJORITYIndeed staffers were seen carting the bill onto the Senate floor in preparation for the all-night read-a-thon Schumer s move is expected to take up to hours and is designed to allow Senate Democrats more time to parse through the myriad provisions within the massive legislative text Ultimately it will prove a smokescreen as Senate Republicans will continue to march toward a final vote Once the bill reading is done hours of debate evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans will begin likely early Sunday morning Democrats are expected to use their entire -hour chunk while Republicans will go far under their allotted time Then comes the vote-a-rama process where lawmakers can offer an unlimited number of amendments to the bill ANXIOUS REPUBLICANS TURN TO TRUMP AMID DIVISIONS OVER 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'Democrats will again look to extract as much pain as workable during that process while Republicans particularly senators that have lingering issues with key Medicaid and land sale provisions will continue to try and shape and mold the bill The last time clerks were forced to read the entirety of a bill during the budget reconciliation process was in when Senate Democrats held the majority in the upper chamber At the time Sen Ron Johnson R-Wis demanded that the entire over- -page American Rescue Act be read aloud Schumer who was the Senate Majority Leader attempting to ram then-President Joe Biden s agenda through the upper chamber objected to the reading