Lisa Kashinsky

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How Trump could get his July 4 megabill

20 hours ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Calen Razor |Benjamin Guggenheim |Cassandra Dumay

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— When the Senate might vote on the megabill— Lawmakers consider Kaine’s Iran resolution— Possible federal pension changes incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune's megabill timeline keeps slipping. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is in tatters. President Donald Trump still wants it on his desk by July 4.
Trump claims Iran’s nuclear program has been ‘obliterated.’ Senate Republicans aren’t entirely convinced.

1 day ago | politico.com | Connor O'Brien |Joe Gould |John Sakellariadis |Lisa Kashinsky |Calen Razor

Asked whether Iran’s nuclear program was set back months, years or was obliterated, as Trump has claimed, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said, “All of those things are true.” “Everybody’s got their own word: setback, obliterated, destroyed, greatly diminished,” Cramer told reporters. “It’s all of those things.
Capitol agenda: Thune’s megabill teeters on the brink

1 day ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Jordain Carney |Lisa Kashinsky |Meredith Lee Hill
Thune’s megabill teeters on the brink

1 day ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Jordain Carney |Meredith Lee Hill |Mia McCarthy |Calen Razor |Benjamin Guggenheim

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— GOP Medicaid mutiny grows — Senators huddle for an Iran briefing— Kids’ privacy bill advances in the Senate Senate Majority Leader John Thune is trying to tamp down revolts on both sides of the Capitol over his chamber's Medicaid plan. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scrambling to quell the Medicaid-fueled mutiny that’s threatening to derail the megabill on both sides of the Capitol.
Johnson warns about a Medicaid backlash

2 days ago | politico.com | Benjamin Guggenheim |Lisa Kashinsky |Calen Razor |Mia McCarthy

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Megabill timeline hinges on MacDonough— Bove testifies in blockbuster judicial hearing— Vought faces rescissions skeptics Speaker Mike Johnson is warning the Senate's deeper Medicaid cuts could cost House Republicans their majority next year.
Thune’s 48-hour megabill scramble

3 days ago | politico.com | Lisa Kashinsky |Mia McCarthy |Calen Razor |Benjamin Guggenheim

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Senate rushes to redo key megabill pieces— Garcia closes in on powerful Oversight post — Iran war powers resolutions in doubt Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing for megabill votes to start Thursday while major problems remain unresolved. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Senate GOP leaders want to start voting on the “big, beautiful bill” in just two days. Right now, they’re scrambling to rewrite critical pieces of it while major policy disputes remain unresolved.
Capitol agenda: How Johnson may block an Iran rebuke

4 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Lisa Kashinsky
Inside Congress Live

4 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Hailey Fuchs |Gregory Svirnovskiy |Jordain Carney |Katherine Tully- McManus |Dasha Burns | +6 more
How Johnson may block an Iran rebuke

4 days ago | politico.com | Mia McCarthy |Lisa Kashinsky |Benjamin Guggenheim

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— Senate vote on Iran possible this week— Megabill timeline looks slippery after spree of Byrd droppings— House GOP proposes gutting GAO Speaker Mike Johnson could move this week to block Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna’s war powers resolution. | Francis Chung/POLITICO President Donald Trump already had Republicans scrambling to get their “big, beautiful bill” to his desk by next week.
Rand Paul forces GOP into megabill runaround

1 week ago | politico.com | Calen Razor |Mia McCarthy |Lisa Kashinsky

IN TODAY’S EDITION:— The GOP’s remarkable shunting of Rand Paul— What could get cut in next week’s Byrd bath— First in IC: GOP wary of Vought’s new funding trick Sen. Rand Paul's break over border funding in the megabill is prompting GOP leaders to push the bounds of Senate norms to curb him. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Sen. Rand Paul is a frequent thorn in GOP leadership’s side.