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'Music to my ears': Trump hails Senate passage of 'big, beautiful bill'
President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Tuesday, in Ochopee, Fla. AP
Shortly after the Republican-led Senate narrowly passed his sweeping domestic policy package on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump hailed the development, calling it 'music to my ears.'
According to The Guardian report, while hosting a roundtable at Florida's controversial new migrant detention center, nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz', President Trump was informed mid-event that the Senate had just narrowly passed his sweeping domestic policy package.
'Wow, music to my ears,' The Guardian quoted Trump as saying as he reacted to the development.
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'I was also wondering how we're doing, because I know this is primetime, it shows that I care about you,' he added.
The president also praised Vice President JD Vance, who cast the decisive tie-breaking vote in the Senate.
'He's doing a good job,' Trump remarked.
Asked about Republican holdouts in the House who are unhappy with the Senate's revisions to the bill, Trump responded, 'It tells you there's something for everyone. … It's a great bill. There is something for everyone, and I think it's going to go very nicely in the House. Actually, I think it will be easier in the House than it was in the Senate.'
Earlier in the day, Trump's domestic policy package was passed with a 51-50 vote, after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.
Three Republican senators joined all Democrats in opposing the bill.
The Senate vote came after a grueling overnight session that stretched over 24 hours, during which lawmakers considered dozens of amendments.
GOP leaders delayed several votes as they scrambled to sway holdouts, eventually securing support through a sweeping catch-all amendment that also passed 51-50.
Republican Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Susan Collins of Maine broke ranks to join all 47 Democrats in voting against the final bill.
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Nicknamed the 'big, beautiful bill' by Trump, the revised legislation now returns to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson will face pressure to push it through before the July 4 deadline set by the president.
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