Vote-a-Rama Underway

The U.S. Senate’s ‘vote-a-rama’ is underway, setting up for a vote today on President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill. After lawmakers work through many amendments, there will be a final vote on the budget reconciliation. There will be a procedural vote to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent. Senate Republicans want to use an accounting maneuver where the tax cuts wouldn’t count toward the budget deficit in the same way new tax cuts would. The Agriculture portion of the bill cuts spending for SNAP by increasing work requirements and shifting a portion of the SNAP costs to the states. It also increases spending for some farm programs, including an update in crop reference prices.