Trump live updates: Senate voting on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ changes in ‘vote-a-rama’

Elon Musk is threatening members of Congress who support Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill with primary challenges.

He wrote on X: “Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!

“And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

It was still unclear by Monday morning whether the vote would pass.

Eric Garcia and John Bowden report from Capitol Hill.

Despite assertions from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that the president held a meeting with the top two congressional leaders on Monday, the claim has been directly refuted by sources within Congress.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed the South Dakota Republican was not present at the White House on Monday, nor did he have any plans to attend. Similarly, Speaker Mike Johnson was also not at the executive mansion.

Thune is currently overseeing the “vote-a-rama” session in the Senate, a crucial stage before a final vote on Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill.

While no in-person meeting occurred, Ryan Wrasse, Thune’s spokesman, clarified on X: “Teams are obviously in close contact/coordination, as always, but we’re continuing to move through vote-a-rama in the Senate as we work to move this bill one step closer to the president’s desk.”

Elon Musk has reiterated his call for a new political party to form, while criticizing the Republican Freedom Caucus for supporting the Trump tax and spending bill, tagging Rep Andy Harris and Rep Chip Roy in a post on X.

“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!

“Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people.

“How can you call yourself the Freedom Caucus if you vote for a DEBT SLAVERY bill with the biggest debt ceiling increase in history?”

Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, D.C.