Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told CNN he would vote no for the GOP megabill in its current form.
However, Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) told Semafor it’s unlikely Congress will deviate from the “big, beautiful bill” approach despite complaints from Senate Republicans.
Said Thune: “We have to play the hand we’re dealt and I think that’s going to be the product the House produces.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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