The U.S. Senate passed its final version of President Donald Trump's 2026 budget legislation that has become known as the "big, beautiful bill."
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) voted against the bill, telling the press that she's put out a statement and would not speak about her vote to the press, reported Punchbowl News. The vote was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) had said she was voting no, but changed her mind after, at the last minute, "The Senate parliamentarian knocked out a handwritten parenthetical notation in the new Murkowski-focused provision that created a special preference for an Alaska rural hospital fund," Democrats told Punchbowl's Andrew Desiderio.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) also voted against it.
The bill now returns to the House.
