Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
“Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.-SD) is trying to release this week a revised version of President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“But as he races to pass the legislation ahead of Republicans’ self-imposed July 4 deadline, he has got about as many problems as there are GOP senators, with lawmakers battling over the additional borrowing and spending cuts that will be used to finance tax relief, plus spending on the border and military.”
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