The Senate has started formal debate on the Trump administration's budget reconciliation bill after lawmakers spent 16 hours reading the entire measure aloud on the Senate floor. This Senate's version of the budget measure would make deeper cuts to social service programs and lead to fewer people having insurance than previous versions,

A sprawling budget bill in the US Senate could cut healthcare for nearly 12 million Americans and add nearly $3.3 trillion in new debt, according to new estimates.

The procedural vote was held open for more than three hours as GOP leaders worked to convince holdouts to let the package move to the floor.