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Live updates: Thune says Republicans close to clinching deal to pass Trump’s legislative package
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Live updates: After 24-hour debate, Thune ready for megabill vote; Trump heads to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is ready for a vote on the massive GOP policy legislation, telling reporters he ...
Senate GOP races to vote on Trump’s agenda bill as Thune confirms deal with holdouts to cap record-breaking session
Senate Republicans are hurtling toward a final vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda bill after more than 24 hours of painstaking negotiations on changes to the package to win over key GOP support.
Conservatives huddle with Thune after plan to cut more from Medicaid stalls
A trio of conservatives pushing for an additional $313 billion in federal Medicaid spending cuts marched into Senate Majority ...
Thune ready for make-or-break vote on Trump megabill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is ready to proceed with a make-or-break vote on the 940-page GOP megabill to find ...
John Thune: Big Beautiful Bill Will Make The U.S. 'Safer, Stronger, And More Prosperous'
At Tuesday's Senate Republican leadership press briefing, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) promoted the Big Beautiful ...
Sen. John Thune: Bill Clinton Signed Stronger Work Requirements For Welfare Than "Big, Beautiful" Bill Has
Now, most of the increase in spending in Medicaid has been in what we call the expansion population, and that's the number of people out there for whom states get a 90% reimbursement from the federal ...
Live updates: Thune meets with conservatives as vote-a-rama gets moving
The Senate is more than 13 hours into a vote-a-rama on the massive GOP policy legislation dubbed the “big, beautiful bill,” ...
John Thune Says Senate Won't Overrule Parliamentarian on Medicaid Provision
John Thune said the Senate won't overrule Elizabeth MacDonough, who flagged a Medicaid provision in the "big, beautiful bill.