Senate Dems Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ In Fruitless Effort To Tank Trump’s Bill

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Senate Democrats went nuclear Monday morning in an effort to prevent Republicans from enacting a permanent extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts in the president’s “big, beautiful” bill. Senate Democrats…

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