It was an incredibly hectic and high-stakes 48 hours as House leadership cobbled together the votes to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to President Donald Trump’s desk.
Few, if any, are better positioned to discuss what happened in those pivotal moments than House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. He joined “The Signal Sitdown” to give a behind-the-scenes look at the final push to pass the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” at a media row event hosted by the Republican Study Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
After six weeks of negotiations, the Senate needed the help of Vice President JD Vance. Vance cast the tie breaking vote in the upper chamber to send the One Big, Beautiful Bill back to the House just three days before the president’s self-imposed deadline of July 4.
Because of Republican’s narrow margins in both chambers, “we were always on a razor’s edge with this bill,” Scalise told The Daily Signal. When Vance had to break the tie in the Senate, “it showed you just how narrow these margins are.”
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Author: Faith Novak
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