LIVE VIDEO: Megabill Debate And “Vote-A-Rama”

Politico reports:

Senate Republicans are moving forward, slowly, towards final passage of their sprawling tax and domestic policy bill early next week. But the most grueling part is still ahead. The Senate, in a late-night 51-49 vote, cleared a major hurdle when it moved onto general debate on the package. Democrats are expected to use every minute of their allotted 10 hours with floor speeches trashing the bill, but Republican leaders will likely forfeit the bulk of their own debate time to speed up action on the measure.

Still ahead is a vote-a-rama, a barrage of amendment votes that will likely force senators to work overnight into Monday morning. Democrats could try to break the all-time record of 44 amendments set in 2008. “It’s going to be a long one, but we’re ready,” said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) Democrats are expected to try and put Republicans on the record on issues that could resonate in the midterms, including tax cuts for the wealthy, Medicaid cuts, and changes to food assistance for the poor, or SNAP.

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