Schumer says Democrats will force reading of 940-page megabill on Senate floor

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Source: msn/Reuters

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(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said Democrats will force the Republicans' 940-page tax and spending bill to be read out loud in full on the Senate floor.

"Republicans won't tell America what's in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor," Schumer said in a post on X. "We will be here all night if that's what it takes to read it."

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick JonesEditing by Humeyra Pamuk)

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/schumer-says-democrats-will-force-reading-of-940-page-megabill-on-senate-floor/ar-AA1HBKUI

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BREAKING: I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor

Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill

So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor

We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.
4:32 PM · Jun 28, 2025

As was noted in a Politico "live updates", the GOP forced the reading of Biden's Infrastructure Bill on the floor before the vote.

[senseandsensibility]

1. Now we just gotta get everyone to tune into C-SPAN!

It's not over til it's over as a wise man once said.

[orangecrush]

13. ....

[Bluetus]

24. Forcing the reading gives more opportunities for social posts

And in the event that it still passes, we will have lots of footage to play back at the mid-terms:

"Your Senator voted for this ..."

The polling on this says the American people get it and are strongly opposed, so this doesn't go away once the ink dries. We can pound this issue hard every day. Make the Republicans pay a price for it.

[cadoman]

41. it's still going as of this morning

https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/434352

[Bengus81]

49. Cable TV or YT TV? I have neither. Hell...wouldn't a MSM want to run some of it

or stream it on their platform or did the NAZI in charge threaten them?

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Well, it's better than a sternly worded letter, at least. Nt

[HarryM]

30. Ya think so

I dunno

[mcar]

34. What do you suggest, then?

[Mark.b2]

3. Good! This should be practice for all legislation!

And it should be required to be read during business hours. No middle of the night on a Saturday!

Great job Senator Schumer!!

[forgotmylogin]

7. I think the Parliamentarian is a hero...

A lot of the stuff cut were things nobody realized were in there.

[paleotn]

16. And had no business in a spending bill that qualifies for reconcilliation.

[cadoman]

8. I would be ecstatic to do this for every bill going forward

It'd force the power brokers to do simpler bills and I hate seeing my representative vote on things they haven't read. It's absolutely insane.

We don't even know who are the authors of nearly all our legislation.

[Mark.b2]

11. I agree with you totally.

We need to get away from “big” bills, especially onmibus bills that are 498 pages long that touch on 87 different topics. I’d get away from “poison pills” where extra-controversial legislation is lumped into widely supported items to pressure legislators into supprting bills they dont really like.

It’s a cynical way to get things done and smacks of bad faith.

I’d much rather see votes on 62 3-page bills that voters can comprehend!

[paleotn]

18. Lawyers for lobbyists and business interest groups write most of our legislation.

Instead of telling Congress critters what they want, they just write the legislation themselves. Much more efficient that way.

[dem4decades]

4. Hopefully their lawyers are discovering all the shit in there so the Democrats can publicize it.

[OrlandoDem2]

5. As they should. And it should be on the news. This should not be controversial.

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. Shrewed move Senator Schumer.

[EarthFirst]

9. First time many of those MF'ers will hear most of it...

…this should be standard practice.

[patphil]

10. At least it's shorter than it was (1116 pages originally), but it could still stand to lose about 300 more pages.

It's still a budget reconciliation bill that has a lot that isn't about budget, and should be removed.
My expectations in that regard aren't very high.

[orangecrush]

12. Yeah that'll show 'em, Chuck

[BumRushDaShow]

15. From the Politico live update thingy

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/megabill-reading-out-loud-00431381

(snip)

Senate aides estimate reading the 940-page bill could take about 15 hours. When Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) forced the reading of Democrats’ 628-page American Rescue Act in 2021, it took 10 hours and 44 minutes. (Johnson said he bought the clerks a case of wine afterward.)

(snip)

It delays the vote.

Since we are in the minority in the House and Senate, we have few if any options or control mechanisms.

[ShazzieB]

21. ????

Everybody complains that Democrats "don't do anything," but when they ro something, it's treated as meaningless?

ALl righty then.

[murielm99]

37. Exactly.

[mcar]

35. What do you suggest then?

[Evolve Dammit]

14. who is going to listen? Empty chamber? The testimony we usually hear is with no other members present.

[ancianita]

42. It's read to establish it in the Congressional Record for the People, since

Congress is The People’s first branch of government.

2. All the more important because, if/when it becomes law, it will harm millions of The People.

3. And to establish in the record who introduced the bill.

[MichMan]

48. Aren't all bills published anyway with vote results and co sponsors?

[ancianita]

50. I was responding to what

seemed to be the implication that reading it aloud probably means it won't get much of an audience, and/or not mean much.

Sure, what you say is true. That bills are part of the Congressional Record should still be pointed out, and so should the fact of oral readings of them are also part of that record.

Reading bill aloud isn't political theater. It addresses the intended audience of millions they represent who can't be in the room.
When controversial, poorly written, harmful (and otherwise shady) budget bills contain harmful insertions, it's smart to communicate those bills not just in writing but in spoken word so it's conveyed in different mediums (media) so millions can "get it" in contrast to lies the felon leader/RW media has said about it.

[Figarosmom]

17. Sadly Americans aren't

Going to watch them read it on the Senate floor and the media isn't going too either.

I hope the Dems were working on at least 4 Repubs to get them to vote no. But we can't seem to count on that anymore. Schumer has basically given up doing anything that requires skill.

[Karasu]

26. Yeah...I mean, he's doing the right thing here under the circumstances we've been given, but the MSM kind of need to do

their jobs as well--something they seem to have pretty much given up on as of January.

[HariSeldon]

19. As someone deeply into tech, I find few uses for AI

But I would be totally supportive of streaming the C-SPAN audio feed of the reading into an AI, and asking if to produce a summary of the bill and the impacts it would have on Americans.

[ShazzieB]

20. EXCELLENT!

To all the defeatist out there, this is NOT nothing!

[Cha]

22. Good on Sen Schumer.. A Dam!

TY, BRDS!

[AllaN01Bear]

23. is that like a fill a buster?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. In a way yes (pun aside)

not unlike what Corey Booker did with his 25+ hour speech - "taking over the floor".

[AllaN01Bear]

36. thanks for your information.

[Karasu]

25. Credit where credit's due. I've had my misgivings with Chuck as of late, but this is something. Glad to see him using

what little power we do still have in Congress to put the fascists on the defensive for a bit and force them to own their own shit. Hopefully this will make people more aware of insane provisions like the AI regulation ban that--for some fucking reason--the parliamentarian actually allowed them to still keep in the damn bill.

[orleans]

27. are they reading it yet? it's 2am central time on sunday morning

and i don't get cspan

[BumRushDaShow]

29. PBS News has it streaming live

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(the Senate proceedings are normally on CSPAN2 with CSPAN doing the House)

[MiHale]

31. About time...

👍

[joshdawg]

32. republicans will still pass the bill........

simply because they couldn't care less about Americans, including their minions, the maggots.....er, MAGATS. same difference

[Akakoji]

33. Go Senator!

This is important.

[usaf-vet]

38. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GOING TO LOSE BENEFITS, AND ALL THE DEM LEADERSHIP COMES UP WITH IS READ THE BILL.

Yes, I'm yelling, but shouldn't we all be yelling?

[maxsolomon]

53. They don't have a way to stop Reconciliation Bills.

Neither did the Repukes when Dems passed them under Biden. We won't stop the 2nd one either.

Yell all you want, but only the Parliamentarian can limit the egregiousness. An infinity of phone calls to GQP Senators does nothing.

[usaf-vet]

54. I no longer have to play in their games. And the Parliamentarian has been bypassed, according to the last post I read.

[Dem4life1970]

39. Plus, Schumer is calling it

The big UGLY bill. I have never and will never use Trump's word "beautiful" about this bill. Messaging matters. It is UGLY. Please always refer to it as Ugly. Thank you. 😊

[TBF]

47. Robert Reich is calling it the Big Bullshit Bill -

He's about Bernie's age and has no fucks left to give.

[Dem4life1970]

52. Lol yes, the same man who lied about lowering prices on day one...

....lied about the Iran Bombing Damage Assessment, and is approaching how many thousands of lies, is now saying "Just trust me and pass" the big ugly bill?

His minions in the congress will do what he says or find themselves in Thom Tillis's position, but even MAGAs need to come out against it.

These lawmakers want their seats more than they want to follow Trump, so they need to know that if they vote for this garbage, many of them will be voting themselves out of a job. They are so afraid of a primary, but a blue wave is coming in 2026.

The liar said he will "fix" voting, but since he lies about everything, do they really believe him?

He is the lamest of lame duck "Presidents"....

[et tu]

40. at least maybe

some extreme rw's will finally
know what's in the bill if it is read
to them! 'see spot run, see grammy
thrown out of the nursing home' etc.
see 'we all get used to it'. not

[Texin]

43. What good will that do? People don't listen to pols reading details to them even if those details will affect

every single 'average' person in this country. Until they lose their healthcare, their homes their jobs, and watch as their mother or father, brother or sister, friend or neighbor face the same consequences, they won't give a shit. It's all about all those "other people".

[BumRushDaShow]

44. It's a procedural delaying tactic

by holding up "legislative business" on the Senate floor (similar to how Corey Booker "held up business" with his 25+ hour marathon speech), since they are trying to ram it through.

[snot]

45. I hope they're reading the most egregious provisions during the day. And...

...I'd be interested in seeing a list of the Dems participating in this action.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. The Senate Clerks were doing the reading

PBS is streaming (edit - they started a new stream)

[MichMan]

51. I don't believe any Senators are the ones reading it

I didn't watch any of it, but I think they made clerks do it.