President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Passes Key Senate Vote, Here’s The Republican Senators Who Voted No

It was a hectic night at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday.

In a close vote, Senate Republicans were able to pass a procedural measure to get President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to the next step, which is for the Senate to begin floor debates on it.

The bill passed 51-49 with only Senators Thom Tillis and Rand Paul voting no.

Originally, Sen. Ron Johnson voted no on the bill, which resulted in JD Vance coming to cast the tie-breaking vote, but he later changed his vote to yes.

Fox News provided a more in-depth review of the late-night vote:

Senate Republicans rammed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through a procedural hurdle after hours of tense negotiations that put the megabill’s fate into question.

Speculation swirled whether Republicans would be satisfied by the latest edition of the mammoth bill, which was released just before the stroke of midnight Saturday morning.

Nearly every Republican, except Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., all voted to unlock a marathon 20-hour debate on the bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., could only afford to lose three votes.

Though successful, the 51-49 party line vote was not without drama. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., flipped his vote from a ‘no’ to ‘yes’ in dramatic fashion, as he and Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, made their way to the Senate floor accompanied by Vice President JD Vance.

Vance was called in case he was needed for a tie-breaking vote, but only his negotiating services ended up being used.

No lawmaker wanted to be the fourth and final decisive vote to kill the bill. Republican leadership kept the floor open for nearly four hours while negotiations, first on the Senate floor and then eventually in Thune’s office, continued.

THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS PASSED TO PROCEED CONSIDERATION
51-49 pic.twitter.com/WCkPBii3aL

— TrendTorchQ (@mendozamicah17) June 29, 2025

BBC had more on the Senate’s recent vote:

Senate Republicans narrowly advanced a budget bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline.

In a 51-49 vote largely along party lines, the Senate has moved to open debate on the bill, a key initial hurdle that Republicans scrambled to overcome. Two Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the move to take up the bill.
Party leadership had been twisting arms for the initial vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill” on Saturday, following the release of its latest version – all 940 pages – shortly after midnight.
Republicans were divided over how much to cut welfare programmes in order to extend $3.8tn (£2.8tn) in Trump tax breaks.
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The bill’s fate on the Senate floor remains uncertain, as Republicans in the chamber continue to quarrel over the bill’s provisions. Vice-President JD Vance travelled to the Capitol on Saturday night to offer a tiebreak vote, though party leaders could ultimately negotiate majority support without his help.

Here was President Trump’s reaction:

"VERY PROUD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!" –President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/15E3zWD9aX

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2025

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