Kaia Hubbard

Rep. McGovern on the GOP tax bill: "The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it, the Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine. Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill and thinking the other chamber will be the one to fix it."

Amid the recent devastating flash floods in Texas and New Mexico, some senators are raising alarms on the impact the rescissions package could have on local rural radio stations. More on my latest for @CBSNews with @kaia_hubbard cbsnews.com/news/senate-ru…

ALERT: Whistleblower's texts suggest Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove urged lawyer to defy court order cbsnews.com/news/whistlebl…

Thune says he was "disappointed" to see Schumer "implicitly threaten to shut down the government" in dear colleague letter earlier this week. "I'm hopeful that that is not the position of the Democrat party, the Democrat conference here in the Senate."

House passes "big, beautiful bill," sending it to Trump's desk in 218-214 vote cbsnews.com/news/house-vot…

Senate passes Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in 51 to 50 vote after marathon session cbsnews.com/news/senate-de… via @CBSPolitics

GOP Whip Barrasso was asked at 5:45am if he has a sense of when the vote-a-rama will wrap, he said “not yet."

Sens. Johnson, Rick Scott, Barrasso and Schmitt heading into Thune’s office with the leader. Thune had no update.

Update from Thune: “We’re just kind of figuring out what everybody has to have in terms of votes.” He adds that they’re starting to construct a list. On whether they can still vote tonight, Thune says “yep.”

Thune, asked by @BoKnowsNews whether he’s confident Senate Republicans have the votes: “Never until we vote,” Thune said.

Thune delivers a defense of the “big, beautiful bill” on the Senate floor ahead of vote-a-rama, pushing back on criticism over Medicaid cuts, impact on the deficit and the use of the current policy baseline. “Let’s vote,” he said. “This is good for America.”

Senate advances Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in narrow vote cbsnews.com/news/senate-vo…

I asked Thune whether he’ll need VP Vance to break a tie on the motion to proceed on the “big, beautiful bill” today. “I suspect he’ll be available,” Thune says.

Schumer says Senate Dems will “gear up for another night of vote-a-rama very soon.” He warns that if GOP follows “Trump over the cliff with this bill tied to their ankles like an anvil,” they will “doom their own political fortunes, and have no one to blame but themselves.”

Here's what's in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as Senate eyes a vote cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-… w/ @hausofcait

Sen. Ron Johnson calls July 4 an "arbitrary deadline" for Trump's "big, beautiful bill" "If it takes a few more days, a few more weeks, that's not a problem." The White House is hosting a "One, Big, Beautiful Event" this afternoon to push for passage by the deadline.