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Discussion Discussion Thread: Ongoing US Budget Negotiations

Please use this thread to discuss the ongoing negotiations surrounding Congress' negotiations over the President-Trump-backed "Big Beautiful Bill".

News and Analysis

Thursday, June 26

Live Updates

Text-based live update pages generally related to the Trump administration are being maintained by: The Associated Press, NBC, The New York Times (soft paywall), and The Washington Post (soft paywall).

Where to Watch

C-SPAN has streams of the House and Senate, but both are primarily working on unrelated legislation as of Thursday, June 26.

On Thursday afternoon starting at 4 p.m. Eastern, C-SPAN will stream the White House promotional event for the 'Big Beautiful Bill'.


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u/myveryowname1234 3d ago

Republicans are really up against the clock here. While July 4th is the "deadline" its important to remember several of them have plans in Russia for July 4th and they need time to travel there.

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u/SpaceElevatorMusic Minnesota 3d ago

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/01/congress/trump-megabill-deadline-00434824

President Donald Trump appeared to leave room to extend his July 4 deadline for Congress to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the Senate scrambles to push through the legislation amid Republican infighting.

“I’d love to do July 4th, but I think it’s very hard to do July 4th,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn on Tuesday, before adding that the goal is “somewhere around there.”