It’s go time in the Senate for President Donald Trump ’s “big, beautiful bill.”

The Rhode Island General Assembly voted to approve the assault-style weapons ban bill on Friday. Senate and the House convened Friday for what is expected to be the final day of the 2025 session. The Senate voted to pass an amended version of the weapons bill.

In another blow to the Republicans’ tax and spending cut bill, the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to shift some food stamps costs from the federal government to states — a centerpiece of GOP savings efforts — would violate the chamber’s rules.

Senate Republicans failed to include their plan to increase state cost-sharing for the country’s largest nutrition program in their sweeping budget reconciliation bill after the Senate parliamentarian ruled it violated chamber rules.

The cost-share plan was a critical way for Republicans to trim spending to pay for their massive reconciliation package and farm bill programs.