The “great and beautiful law” promotion by Donald Trump has passed the first obstacle in the American Senate

The US Senate, controlled by Republicans, advanced on Saturday, to the limit, the draft law of President Donald Trump on reducing taxes and expenses, during a weekend marathon session marked by political drama, prolonged divisions and delays, while the Democrats tried to slow down the law.

The parliamentarians voted by 51-49 to open the debate on the 940-page law, two of Trump's Republican colleagues joining the Democrats to oppose the legislation that would finance the main priorities of the president in immigration, border, tax reduction and armed.

On social networks, Trump greeted the “great victory” for “the great and beautiful binds”.

After hours of postponement, in which the Republican leaders and JD Vice President worked with closed doors to convince the people who refused at the last moment to support the measure, the Democrats asked the bill to be read aloud in the Chamber-a task that could delay the start of the debate until Sunday afternoon.

Democrats oppose

Democrats say that the tax reductions in the project would disproportionately advantage the wealthy persons, to the detriment of social programs for Americans with low incomes.

“The Republicans in the Senate are in a hurry to adopt a radical bill, made public in the middle of the night, praying that the American people do not realize what it contains,” said the leader of the Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer, in the Senate plenary.

“Democrats will force this room to read it from the beginning to the end,” he said.

After the draft law is read, the parliamentarians will start a debate of up to 20 hours on the legislation. This will be followed by a marathon session of amendments, known as “votes-ram”, before the Senate vote on adoption. The parliamentarians said they hope to complete the work on the draft law on Monday.

Two Republicans voted against

Republican senators Thom Tillis and Rand Paul voted against the opening of the debate, a movement that seemed for a while in danger of failure.

Trump attacked Tillis, who opposed the discounts in the draft law to the Medical Health Program for Americans with low incomes, which he said would be devastating for North Carolina, his native state. Tillis is being re -elected next year.

“There have been many people who want to run for primary elections against” Senator Thom “Tillis. I will meet with them in the coming weeks,” the president posted.

Paul opposed the legislation because it would increase by another $ 5,000 billion federal loan limit for US $ 36,200 billion.

“Rand Paul voted” no “again tonight? What is wrong with this guy ??? ” Trump said on social media.

Suspense and agreements on the last hundred meters

The Saturday vote was in suspense for several hours, while Vance, the leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, and other top Republicans were trying to convince those who opposed the last moment to support the legislation. It was not clear what agreements were concluded, if they existed, to obtain their support.

Rick Scott, Mike Lee and Cynthia Lummis Republican senators, who want higher federal spending discounts, voted in favor of the law eventually. Another follower of the hard line, Senator Ron Johnson, initially voted against, but changed his vote and supported the law.

Trump monitored the vote from the Oval Office until late at night, said a high official of the White House.

What does Trump's mega-project provide

The law of law would extend the fiscal reductions of 2017, which represented the main legislative achievement of Trump during his first term of president, would reduce other taxes and increase the expenses for the army and border security.

The common fiscal committee, non -partisan, has published an analysis that stipulates that the fiscal provisions of the Senate Law draft would reduce government revenues by 4.5 trillion dollars in the next decade, increasing US government debt by 36.2 trillion.

This month, the White House said the legislation will reduce the annual deficit by $ 1.4 trillion.

In order to compensate (among others) the expensive extension of the “Trump fiscal loans”, the Presidential Party intends to reduce Medicaid, the public health insurance program that millions of Americans with modest income depend, as well as to drastically reduce the SNAP program, the main food aid of the country. He also intends to eliminate many of the tax incentives for the renewable energy introduced by Joe Biden.

Elon Musk criticized the draft law

The democratic opposition, a minority in both rooms, constantly criticizes the tax reductions for the richest to the detriment of a working class already burdened by inflation.

The richest person in the world, Elon Musk, also criticized the draft law, which would put an end to the tax exemptions for the electric vehicles produced by its Tesla car manufacturer.

Applying the “completely crazy and destructive” bill, he risked reappearing a Trump dispute that ravaged earlier this month, before Musk gave up his rhetoric.

“The latest Senate law will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause a huge strategic evil to our country!” wrote Musk in a post on his social media platform.