Republican lawmakers are offering dueling amendments to either raise or lower the cost of their ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’

The Senate is deep into its “vote-a-rama” — a marathon session of successive procedural votes forced by the Democratic minority — to advance Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act to a final vote and return it to the House. During this process, senators can offer unlimited amendments that must go up for a vote. Although most of these amendments are sponsored by Democrats solely to make Republicans’ week as painful as possible, some are genuine efforts by GOP senators to mold their party’s signature legislation before it leaves the chamber. As a helpful guide, I give you the good, the bad, and the interesting of those amendments:

The Good

The Bad

The Interesting