
Charlotte Scott
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Washington Correspondent for @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
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.Rep. Glenn Grothman tells Annemarie Bonner he has concerns about the mega tax and spending bill because "it was supposed to result in the decrease in government spending." He says he'll meet with the Trump admin and "we'll see if we can work something out." Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin Spectrum News DC


.Rep. Mark Pocan on his 21-hour journey to get to DC: "This is the worst bill I have seen in 30 years of being in local, state and federal government. It hurts too many people back home, and it benefits too few, and that's wrong. So no matter what it took, I was going to get here."

.Rep. Nancy Mace tells me she thinks the House will pass Trump’s bill before July 4. “It’s obviously taking longer than we initially thought,” she said. “But that’s Washington,” she added.

.Speaker Mike Johnson: "There's a lot of forward momentum and we're very optimistic about the outcome." Spectrum News DC


What Speaker Mike Johnson is saying...even though a procedural vote on the House floor has been open since 2:07pm ET. It remains stuck because Republicans don't yet have the votes to move forward on President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

Derrick Van Orden is sending mixed messages on Medicaid funding in Trump's big bill He supports the bill, but he wants Gov. Evers to secure more Medicaid funding thru provider tax before Trump’s bill prevents the state from doing so jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel



.Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans have the votes and are ready to pass OBBB

On the House Floor, Hakeem Jeffries has been speaking since 4:53am. To break the record for longest floor speech, he would need to speak until 1:26pm. The current record is held by Kevin McCarthy at eight hours and 32 minutes.


The President's agenda bill will push some of cost of SNAP onto states. States w/ the highest error rates like Alaska get to delay implementation. Rep. Derrick Van Orden Press Office said, "Do I like that? No. Is it fair? No. Did it just happen? Yes.” Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin Spectrum News DC