, a Columbia University graduate student of Palestinian descent who helped lead demonstrations against Israel’s conduct of the war.
is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Austin on X:WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans were jubilant after
President Donald Trump’sby a single vote. But across the Capitol, senators were more cautious.Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose three Republican senators and still pass the bill, and there are more than that, right now, who have problems with it. Like the House, he will have to balance the concerns from moderate and conservative members of his conference.
Republicans’ aspirational deadline is July 4, ahead of a. Thune said groups of senators had already been meeting to discuss the legislation and that they would want to take some time to review it. “And then we’ll put our stamp on it,” he said.
“We’ll see how it goes,” Thune said. “What does it take to get to 51?”
A look at a few of the potential sticking points in the Senate:as they tried to win over GOP holdouts and pass the bill through the House.
The revisions were unveiled late Wednesday evening, just before the House launched into an all-night session to debate and vote on the bill. President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to get behind the legislation, which enacts some of his campaign promises.If the bill clears the House, it would move to the Senate for further consideration.
Among the changes that House Republicans made:— They removed the sections that authorized the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah. Some Republican lawmakers from Western states had objected to the sales.