“It’s the first thing I read every day.” — Brigadier General (retired) Russ Howard, founding director of The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
1. Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is one vote away from President Trump’s desk after clearing a key procedural hurdle that sets up a floor vote early Thursday morning. Pulling an all-nighter two days after senators did the same, House Republicans were finally able to unite on the test vote around 3:30 a.m. Thursday — closing out a six-hour voting window that might have been extraordinary if the previous vote hadn’t been held open nine hours for similar reasons. The discord inside the House GOP centered on Senate changes to the megabill, which first passed the House in May. Senators piled on more tax cuts and toughed some changes to safety-net programs, creating a two-front hassle for House whips that began early Wednesday morning and stretched overnight. But the 219-213 vote on the “rule” — the procedural measure setting up final floor debate on the megabill — bodes well for Speaker Mike Johnson as he seeks to keep a promise to send the bill holding the lion’s share of the Republican legislative agenda to Trump’s desk by July 4. (Source: politico.com)
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