Updated June 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM PDT

The Republican-led U.S. Senate returns from recess today to debate President Trump's "big, beautiful" multi-trillion dollar budget bill.

The plan is key to accomplishing the bulk of Trump's domestic policy agenda , which includes new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, increased spending for immigration enforcement, overhauling the student loan system, and ending tax breaks for clean energy.

Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist with bipartisan public relations agency ROKK Solutions and former spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, knows the reconciliation process in the Senate. Bonjean told Morning Edition that while he expects some pushback from a handful of Republican senators, he ultimately expects the bill to pass.

He also

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