US Senate holds marathon vote on Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' | BBC News

The US Senate is holding a marathon vote on a budget bill that is critical to President Donald Trump's agenda. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act hangs in the balance as Republicans—who control both chambers of Congress—remain split over how much to cut welfare programmes as they seek to extend tax breaks. If approved in the Senate, the bill will return to the lower House of Representatives, which passed its own version by a single vote last month. Elon Musk has stepped up his criticism of Republicans who "campaigned on reducing government spending" and then "immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history".