BREAKING: We Have the Votes to Pass the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill'

After days of gridlock and backroom wrangling, Republican leaders are now barreling toward a final vote on President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” the legislative linchpin of his second-term agenda, and it’s looking like we have a deal to get it passed.

The Senate’s been locked in a “vote-a-rama”—a procedural endurance test where senators burn the midnight oil, lobbing amendment after amendment in a desperate bid to tweak, torpedo, or salvage the bill.

With a razor-thin majority, Republicans can’t afford more than three defections, which is why Vice President JD Vance has been summoned to the Capitol, ready to cast the tie-breaking vote if the party’s unity falters. Vance has already played this role before, and it’s clear the White House is counting on him to drag this bill across the finish line if necessary.

The real drama, however, isn’t coming from Democrats—they’re united in opposition, as always—but from within the GOP ranks. Senators like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins have become the focal points of intense lobbying, their votes courted with a mix of sweeteners and veiled threats.

Reportedly, Murkowski has switched her ‘no’ vote to a ‘yes.”

Collins, meanwhile, is playing her usual game—expressing “serious reservations” about the bill’s Medicaid cuts while keeping her final decision close to the vest. Her amendment to boost funding for rural health care predictably went nowhere, but she insists that won’t determine her ultimate vote. The message is clear: she wants to be wooed, and Republican leaders are obliging.

Moments ago, Majority Leader John Thune announced the Senate has the votes to pass the bill:

🚨 JUST IN: Leader John Thune says “WE HAVE A DEAL,” and the Big Beautiful Bill will pass

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A final vote is expected to take place sometime this morning.

Naturally, Democrats are panicking, posting apocalyptic predictions on social media. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune blasted Democrats for what he called a “mind-blowing” display of hypocrisy over the national debt, accusing them of pretending to care about fiscal responsibility now that Republicans are in charge.

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“It is rich to hear Democrats all of a sudden concerned about debt and deficits,” Thune said on the Senate floor, as lawmakers debated President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” “Really? I mean, I’ve been here a long time, and I’ve not been involved in a single spending debate in which Republicans were trying to spend less and Democrats were trying to spend more—except when it comes to national security. Democrats are always willing to cut defense, but never want to cut anywhere else.”

Thune reminded the chamber that Democrats had full control of Congress and the White House just a few years ago and used reconciliation not to cut deficits, but to push through massive spending packages.

“One of the bills cost $2 trillion. The other cost $1 trillion. And it was all spending,” he said. “That’s the fundamental difference between us. Democrats like government—and when you send money to Washington, money is power.”

Thune contrasted that with the GOP’s effort to stop a looming tax hike. “We’re just extending current tax policy,” he said. “We are preventing a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people. When you vote against this, that’s who you’d be voting for.”

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