Senate Republicans are straining to meet a July 4 deadline to pass President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” as a flurry of last-minute negotiations and legislative changes threaten to delay a final vote.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has a daunting to-do list before he can bring the tax bill to the floor, with a vote anticipated sometime toward the end of the week.
Committee chairs have been meeting with the Senate parliamentarian as Democrats try to strike language from the legislation under the strict rules of budget reconciliation, a legislative process that allows for bills to bypass the filibuster and pass with only a simple majority in the Senate. At the same time, Republicans are still trying to find a delicate compromise that pleases
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