Budget update: Mouths and hands (feeding same) very busy, not much else

Ron Johnson's crowd attempts what the House Freedom Caucus dropped like a hot rock when Trump took them to the back room. Expect this to end about the same way.

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Lots of noise, smoke and mirrors in the Senate on the One Big Beautiful Budget Bill Act (OBBBA) (tracker). So far, no vote has been scheduled; muttering continues, but the hope is to have it Trump’s desk for signature on July 4.

Here are seven recent articles; pick your poison.

• Bloomberg: The GOP’s Budget Bill will pass in spite of itself. (Try here if you hit a paywall.)

• CNBC: Sen. Ron Johnson says there are ‘enough’ GOP senators to stall House budget bill

• Fox News: Speaker Jonson clashes with Rand Paul over ‘wimpy’ spending cuts in Trump’s bill

• NPR: What to expect as the House budget bill heads to the Senate.

• The Economist: America’s Senate plans big changes for the House’s spending bill. (Try here if you hit a paywall.)

• The Hill: GOP fears Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is a ‘debt bomb.’

• The Washington Post: 7 ways Senate Republicans are split over Trump’s ‘big bill.” (gifted; no paywall)