After leaving the vote open for more than three hours, Senate Republicans advanced their reconciliation bill by a 51-49 vote Saturday marking a critical step forward for the legislation.
This is only the first step in a long slog to getting the “one big, beautiful bill” through the Senate and back to the House. Republicans aren’t out of the woods just yet, but some members were bullish it was only a matter of time before the bill would pass the upper chamber.
“If we get the motion to proceed, we’ll have the motion to pass,” Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin said before the vote.