Senate Makes 11th Hour Changes to Win Megabill Passage (3)

Senate Republicans revised the tax package up until the last minute before its passage on Tuesday, negotiating provisions necessary to secure the narrowest of passages.

The Senate passed the bill with a 51-50 vote, relying on Vice President JD Vance to break the tie after securing the vote of moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) with wins for her state. The late changes and rulings, after the bill text was released Friday night, range from scrapping public land sales and voting out an AI moratorium to receiving new parliamentarian decisions over orphan drugs that treat rare diseases, Planned Parenthood and litigation ...