John Thune Asked How Confident He Is He'll Reach 50 Votes For Big Beautiful Bill

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At today's Senate Republican leadership, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was asked how confident he was that he'll pass the Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate.

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00:00How do you expect, how do you ask about the schedule?

00:04Texts are going to come out Wednesday or Thursday. Can you break it down?

00:07Motion to proceed on the bill, first vote on Thursday or Friday. Can you provide any clarity there?

00:11And you know, you have a couple colleagues who are outspoken with their complaints here.

00:16How are you confident that you'll have the 50 votes you need to do?

00:22Well, I just think when push comes to shove, you know, you're looking at

00:26whether or not you're going to allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good.

00:30And there are a lot of things in this bill, as I pointed out.

00:33It modernizes the military. It secures the border. It brings tax relief to working families.

00:37It has the biggest spending reduction in history, and it restores energy dominance for our country.

00:43I mean, I think there is so much good in this, and people sit down and evaluate how they're going to land in the end.

00:49You have to recognize that this is a process whereby everybody doesn't get everything they want,

00:54but I think we produced a bill working with the House, working with the White House,

00:59that will get the requisite number of Republican senators to vote for it so that we can pass it,

01:04get it back to the House. Hopefully they can take it up and pass it and put it on the President's desk.

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