Senate Passes $340 Billion Budget After All-Night Session

Senate Republicans successfully adopted a $340 billion budget plan early Friday morning following an all-night session.

The Details: The budget resolution allocates funding for President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, energy production, and the military. The final vote was 52-48, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) being the sole republican to vote against the resolution.

For Context: The all-night session featured what is called a vote-a-rama, which allows senators to propose an unlimited number of amendments for vote so long as they are budget-related measures. Trump has recently voiced his desire for the House of Representatives to be the ones to champion “one big beautiful bill” funding the budget, but also thanked Majority Leader John Thune and the Republican Senate for working hard to fund the Trump border agenda.

How The Media Covered It: Outlets like CBS News (Lean Left bias) tended to emphasize the vote-a-rama, which allowed for Senate Democrats to force GOP colleagues to go on the record as amendments surrounding Medicaid cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy were proposed and voted on. Other sources, such as Fox News (Right), tended to frame the budget resolution as a victory for Republicans while also noting the challenge of passing the House version of the bill. Fox also mentioned the “uncomfortable votes” pushed by Senate Democrats, but framed them against the need to “get key Trump goals accomplished.”