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In the long run, it got here all the way down to Senate Republicans having to handwrite additions to their 900 pages of laws to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s vote to go the inappropriately named “Huge Stunning Invoice” by way of the Senate.
Murkowski’s vote solely bought the laws to a tie, as a result of Sens. Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins voted no.
That’s when Vice President JD Vance forged the tie-breaking vote, and sealed the destiny of the Republican Occasion in 2026 and doubtlessly 2028.
The BBB train started with Trump hoping to outdo Joe Biden and go bipartisan laws. It ended within the Senate, doubtlessly, with each fracture throughout the Republican caucus being revealed, as one Republican primarily give up the physique by asserting his retirement, and all 50 Republicans who voted sure carried the anchor of a chunk of laws with a 29% approval score round their necks.
