Overview

• Senators voted 51–49 to move the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into full debate after marathon negotiations on the procedural motion.
• Elon Musk used his X platform to denounce the proposal as “absolutely folle e distruttiva,” warning it would cost millions of American jobs.
• He highlighted the planned elimination of electric-vehicle tax credits of $3,750 to $7,500 and cautioned about strategic harms to future industries.
• President Trump threatened to oppose the re-election bids of Republican senators who vote against the measure, pushing colleagues to fall in line.
• The budget plan pairs large tax cuts and increased defense and border security funding with steep cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green-energy incentives.