We're going to pass this bill.

One of the other and I have prevailed upon my Senate probably to please, please, please,

please, where it is close to the House product is probably.

Please, please, please.

House Speaker Mike Johnson pleading with the Senate to keep its version of President Trump's mega bill as close as possible

to what the House passed back in May.

Good morning. Welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday, July 1st. I'm Willie Geist. Great to be back with you.

The Senate is nearly a full day now into a voterrama, as it's called, on the Republican Party's

massive policy legislation that President Trump calls the big beautiful bill.

Lawmakers began to speed up the process around 2 o'clock in the morning after Majority Leader

John Thune announced a new share of amendments telling lawmakers he was limiting votes to 10 minutes

apiece. The bill will fail to pass if just four Republicans vote no. That's the

margin. If the Senate does pass this bill by the skin of its teeth, its version then also does

have to go back and pass the House as Congress tries to meet the White House deadline of July 4th,

which is Friday. Late last night, several conservatives huddled with Speaker Thune, as it became

leader Thune, as it became clear an amendment they were pushing to further reduce Medicaid spending

did not have the votes to pass. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate's bill

would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt while also cutting federal spending on Medicaid by more

than a trillion dollars. The legislation would result in nearly 12 million Americans losing

insurance by the year 2034, all of that according to the CBO.

Meanwhile, we heard lawmakers frustrated about the process for a number of reasons, including this one from

Democratic Senator John Federman of Pennsylvania.

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