Senate Forces Swamp To Fully Adopt Trump’s Signature Policy

The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday evening to advance a resolution forcing Washington, D.C. to enact all of the tax benefits within President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The D.C. City Council in November chose to block some of Republicans’ federal tax changes, including no tax on tips and overtime pay, from going into effect at the local level. Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who authored the resolution of disapproval overriding D.C.’s local tax code, argued that passage of the resolution would benefit some D.C. residents and businesses financially.

“It is absolutely absurd that self-interested D.C. bureaucrats would deliberately deny families and businesses from saving their own, hard-earned dollars,” Scott said in a statement. “Government’s top priority should be serving families, not benefiting off them.”

The House passed a similar resolution of disapproval on Feb. 4 to reverse the D.C. city council’s decision in a vote of 215-210 over Democrats’ fierce objections. The measure now heads to President Donald Trump for signature. He is expected to sign the resolution of disapproval into law.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is recovering from flu-like symptoms, did not vote.

Republicans have sharply criticized several Democratic-led states – such as New York