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Sen. Hawley says multiple senators said at GOP meeting just now says they “will not vote on the motion to proceed unless we get clarity, further clarity, on the rural hospital issue and what we're doing here.” Says bill may not currently have 50 votes to get on the floor…

🚨NEWS: A source familiar with the matter tells me that Ronny Jackson is considering a Senate bid amid concerns about Ken Paxton’s ability to win a general election.

Thune just told reporters that there will be a fund for rural hospitals, but it won’t be as high as $100B

Just wrapped up with JCS Chair Gen. Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Hegseth this morning. Some additional thoughts: -Caine and Hegseth spent a large portion of the briefing hailing the warfighters involved in the operation. -Caine said this operation was 15 years in the making.

Sen. Collins: “People should remember that what comes around goes around when it comes to the parliamentarian. She may rule the way you like one day, the way you don’t the next.”

Sen. RICK SCOTT tells my colleague Andi Shae Napier that he won’t be joining Sens. Tuberville and Marshall to call for the Senate parliamentarian’s ouster. “I’m sure they’re frustrated … My focus is on how we can make the bill pass the Byrd Bath.”

Weekend votes appear to be the consensus after Sens. Rand Paul, John Hoeven, Markwayne Mullin and Ron Johnson agree that they are still aiming for a vote before Monday morning

While Sen. Graham felt very comfortable using the word “obliterated” to describe Iran’s nuclear sites, Sen. Blumenthal told reporters obliterated is “too strong of a word” to describe the destruction & he is waiting for the final assessment by the intelligence community

ML Sen. Schumer said he didn’t get an adequate answer on if Iran’s nuclear stockpile was totally obliterated during today’s briefing

🚨NEWS -- HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER STEVE SCALISE said the Senate's treatment of the IRA clean energy tax credits is "going to need to get reversed." "You saw where the house position was. we had a lot of back and forth over getting that language right to keep it tight. and

New — Rep. RALPH NORMAN (R-SC) tells me in an interview that he will not support the Senate bill as currently written and warns it does not have the votes to pass the House. “The bill we sent over there has got to come back, in large part, like it is or improve it. And I don’t

🚨 “Get this DONE”: Rep. Andy Barr—who’s running for the Kentucky Senate seat—shares message on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

🚨 Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (NY) on mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani: "I need to make sure that [Mamdani is] defeated because I live in New York City, I care about it. I don't want to see it be completely destroyed."

The media interns running decisions from the Supreme Court to TV analysts this morning.

Trump not wedded to July 4th self-imposed deadline. Says it’s “important” but “not the end all.” Could give GOP much-needed breathing room.

Mike Johnson just joined the Senate GOP lunch moments after Trump said the July 4 deadline isn’t the end all for the reconciliation bill. Johnson also told reporters this morning he saw passing the bill after the 4th as a possibility, but he doesn’t want to consider it right now

Thune pours cold water on Saturday noon vote on motion to proceed: “We’ll see. That’s aspirational”

Sen. Mullin says the 72 hour rule might not even apply for the House since it’s the Senate’s amendment of a bill the House already passed. He said Johnson still wants to give members “adequate time” to look through it whether the rule is enforced or not

Great footage by my DCNF colleague Andi Shae Napier🔥

Sen. Tillis says absent big changes “I’m voting no on the motion to proceed. Period.” He believes the bill will cost NC more than $30b in health care funds “I can't vote for that, because it'd be irresponsible for me, looking out for people in North Carolina”