JUST IN: VP JD Vance Arrives At The Capitol To Nudge Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Towards A Final Vote

Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol early Tuesday as Senate Republican leaders had still not locked down the 50 votes needed to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after more than 21 hours of voting.

The deadlock in the Senate GOP conference is raising serious questions about whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) will have to pull the bill from the floor, something that would be an embarrassing setback for Republicans.

GOP negotiators worked past midnight Tuesday to rewrite those provisions to meet the parliamentarian’s approval, but with limited success.cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will hit her home state hard, according to The Hill.

GOP negotiators worked past midnight Tuesday to rewrite those provisions to meet the parliamentarian’s approval but with limited success.

A source familiar with the parliamentary discussions said MacDonough has accepted a reworked version of the language to delay the implementation of SNAP cuts to Alaska as long as the state shows it is making progress in reducing its error rate in delivering food assistance benefits.

But an effort to rewrite language to deliver an enhanced federal Medicaid funding match — also known as an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage — for Alaska had not yet received the parliamentarian’s approval as of 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Thune desperately needs Murkowski’s vote because there are already three likely Republican “no” votes on the legislation.

Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) say they are hard “no’s” on the legislation as it’s now written, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who faces a tough reelection race next year, said she’s leaning against voting for the bill.