Senate Republicans appear to be closing in on a final vote on President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, after Majority Leader John Thune said he believes they have a deal to pass the package.
“I believe we do,” Thune said, when asked by reporters if Republicans have reached a deal, following days of evolving negotiations and last-minute additions to convince skeptical GOP lawmakers to back the megabill.
Thune did add, however, that he is “always a bit of a realist.”
Republican leadership has worked around the clock for days to secure enough votes in the upper chamber to push it across the finish line in the Senate.
After that, it would go back to the House for a final vote on the Senate revisions.
For more than 24 hours, senators have voted on dozens of amendments to the bill in a marathon, record-breaking vote-a-rama session.
Behind the scenes, GOP leadership has been negotiating with hold-outs in their conference who, for days, have threatened to sink Trump’s bill.
Vice President JD Vance arrived at the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday, underscoring that Republican leadership was preparing for the vice president needing to cast the tie-breaking vote.
As negotiations on the bill stretched on, Trump suggested Tuesday that he was open to delaying the July 4 deadline that he has emphasized for weeks.
“I would think maybe July 4, but somewhere around there,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday morning.
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