Live Blogging Senate Consideration of the Reconciliation Bill
Originally published at Pennsylvania Policy Center on June 28, 2025. Comments are by Marc Stier – Executive Director, Penn Policy Center As Senate begins consideration of the reconciliation bill today, I’m going to be commenting on the politics of reconciliation and the contents of the Senate bill. Sunday, June 29, 10:16 p.m. I’m wearing down after a long day and week, so this will be my last post today. The floor debate, which began at 3:00 pm, will go on for another three to five hours. Democrats will use the time to not only point out the flaws of the bill but also to further delay the process. Following debate, “vote-a-rama” is now expected to begin around midnight. Vote-a-rama will go through the night and the Senate Republican leadership’s goal is to have a final vote on the bill sometime tomorrow, likely late night. But it could be delayed to early Tuesday. We… Continue reading