Senate GOP races to vote on Trump’s agenda bill as Thune confirms deal with holdouts to cap record-breaking session

Senate Republicans are hurtling toward a final vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda bill after more than 24 hours of painstaking negotiations on changes to the package to win over key GOP support.

Senate Republicans are hurtling toward a final vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda bill after more than 24 hours of painstaking negotiations on changes to the package to win over key GOP support. After hours of stalemate, Senate GOP leaders are now pushing toward their final set of votes in hopes of passing the multi-trillion-dollar bill out of their chamber in the next few hours. The legislation would lower federal taxes and infuse more money into the Pentagon and border security agencies, while downsizing government safety-net programs including Medicaid. Asked if GOP leaders had a deal to move ahead, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday morning, “I believe we do.” He added: “I’m of Scandinavian heritage. Always a bit of a realist. So we’ll see what happens.” Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota said Vice President JD Vance – who arrived on Capitol Hill earlier Tuesday morning – is expected to cast a tie-breaking vote on several final changes to the legislation, including the massive package of negotiated changes from Senate GOP leadership known as the “substitute” amendment. “We’ll need him on the actual substitute bill,” Hoeven said of Vance. The burst of movement from the Senate GOP comes after a full 24 hours of intense negotiating between Thune, Vance and the GOP holdouts, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.