Thune to keep Senate in session until reconciliation bill is passed

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he would keep the Senate in Washington, D.C., until it passes Congress’s reconciliation bill.

Thune and Senate Republicans are working toward a self-imposed July 4 deadline to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” The Senate is scheduled to be in recess that week, but Thune said he would axe that schedule if needed.

“Senators return to Washington today and we will remain here until this reconciliation bill is passed,” Thune said in an op-ed, adding, “I am confident we will get this bill across the finish line.”

Different factions within the Senate have pushed back on certain parts of the bill, which the House passed earlier this year. Thune is working to rein in fiscal hawks who are

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