Senate Democrats to Force Reading Aloud of 1,000-Page ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Senate Democrats are preparing to force the full reading of the nearly 1,000-page Republican tax and spending package on the Senate floor, a move that could delay consideration of the Trump-endorsed bill by at least half a day. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) confirmed to The Epoch Times on June 28 that Democrats intend to invoke their right to demand that clerks read aloud the entire legislative text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act if Republicans secure a vote to proceed to debate. The procedural gambit threatens to temporarily slow Republican momentum, just as Senate GOP leaders were hoping to move swiftly into a marathon amendment session, known as a vote-a-rama, after a procedural vote clearing the way for floor debate....