Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) irritated members of his own party by complaining about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) move to force a clerk to read President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill in its entirety — and then complaining that the extra time spent on Capitol Hill had resulted in him missing out on a family vacation.

Schumer forced the move on Saturday, saying, “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.”

Fetterman made it clear that he was unhappy with the move from the start, saying, “It’s not like it’s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything.”

Fetterman not really happy with Dems forcing the clerk to read the bill: “it’s not like it’s pathetic to force the clerk to read it or anything”

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 28, 2025

The delay apparently put the Pennsylvania senator off his family vacation at the beach, another development that left him none too pleased.

“Oh my God, I just want to go home,” the Pennsylvania Democrat told reporters on Monday. “I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach, my family’s going to be back before we do … I’m going to vote no. There’s no drama that — we know [how] the votes are going to go. The only interesting votes are going to be on the margins, whether that’s Collins or Johnson, but all the Democrats, we all know how that’s going to go … I don’t think it’s really helpful to put people here until some ungodly hour.”

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🚨 SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA) FUMES over extended voting on the Big Bill: “Oh my God, I just want to go home.”

“I’ve already I’ve missed our entire trip to the beach…I don’t think it’s really helpful to put people here till some ungodly hour.”pic.twitter.com/37nFBMtTLV

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 30, 2025

Critics then turned on Fetterman, complaining that he was so worried about a family vacation that he didn’t care about working for the people who elected him.

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said, “There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don’t care if it takes a month.”

JUST NOW: Mark Kelly speaks on John Fetterman’s comments: “There is always dignity in fighting for the American people. We should be here fighting for the American people. I don’t care if it takes a month” pic.twitter.com/f74g2yJXle

— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) June 30, 2025

Criticisms aside, Fetterman is likely correct in his assessment that it will be the fringe votes that drive whether or not the One Big, Beautiful Bill makes it across the finish line.

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Monday he will actively work toward ensuring GOP lawmakers who vote to pass the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” despite campaigning on promises to rein in government spending will lose their primaries.

The warning from Musk, whose alliance with President Donald Trump crumbled several weeks ago after he began openly criticizing the legislation, came as Republicans worked toward getting the 900-page-plus measure passed by the end of this week through the budget reconciliation process.

“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!” Musk said in a post on X. “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

Such a move would mark a huge turnaround for Musk, who spent more than $250 million to help Trump and other Republicans win elections last year before spearheading the current administration’s Department of Government Efficiency effort through last month with a stated mission of getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.

Musk also chided members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and begrudged how the bill may phase out green energy tax credits that could impact customers of his Tesla business. He even proposed the creation of a new political party.

“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country – the PORKY PIG PARTY!! Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people,” he said, adding later, “If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day. Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”

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Trump has similarly threatened back primary challengers against Republicans, but he did so against those who have spoken out against the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” One of them, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election. Another is Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), whom Musk said he would support.

GOP leaders in the House and Senate are racing to get the legislation, which aims to fulfill many of Trump’s spending and tax-cut goals for his second term, to the president’s desk by his stated deadline of July 4. Topline items include extending the 2017 tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year, boosting funds for border security, and cutting red tape for American energy production.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a post on X the bill will be “JET FUEL” for the United States economy. “It makes the Trump tax cuts permanent, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, provides tax relief for seniors, and slashes regulations to spur job creation and economic growth,” he said.

While the legislation did initially pass out of the House in late May, provisions in the bill have undergone a makeover, in part because the Senate parliamentarian determined they did not adhere to rules for reconciliation. As of press time, the process was ongoing as the upper chamber worked through a vote-a-rama on amendments.

Some, but not all proposed reforms, including an offering from Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to “punish states that give Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens convicted or charged with crimes like murder or sex trafficking,” do not appear to be making it into the final product.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), one of the Freedom Caucus members singled out by Musk, took a swipe at Senate Republicans for how their version of the bill is shaping up.

“We’d be in a much better spot if Republican Senators (applying for K St) showed half as much passion for tackling $37 trillion in debt and inflation as they do for preserving [Former President Joe] Biden’s green subsidies,” Roy said in a post on X.