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Senate Rs are stuck trying to get the votes. With Tillis a no and Collins leaning no, they’re short one. “It’s coming down between Lisa and Rand,” Ron Johnson tells me “I have a hard time thinking Trump would accept a lower debt ceiling,” he says of Paul’s demand

Vance arrives at the Capitol amid vote-a-rama. May be needed to break a tie on the Big, Beautiful Bill. But he may be needed to broker a final deal and get reluctant GOPers to vote yes on the final version. Fox is told they are short on votes now.

Ron Johnson tells me he will support the Trump Mega Bill.

After weeks of opposition, Ron Johnson falls in line with a yes vote on Trump's 'big beautiful bill' jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via Journal Sentinel

Scoop: The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move that intensified concerns in Washington that Tehran was gearing up to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, according to two U.S. officials. w/ Phil Stewart

NEWS: In a new ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates a 19th Century state law that banned abortions in nearly all situations.

Asked Wisconsin GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman about Medicaid provider tax language & deeper cuts to program in Senate-passed OBBB: "Well, people are living with it, and I'll talk to my friends about what we're going to try to negotiate on that."

From Scott Fitzgerald's office: "Unfortunately, Rep. Fitzgerald had travel issues that resulted in him missing a vote earlier today, but he is now in Washington, D.C."

Van Orden getting heated when reporters suggested that Rs were only supporting the bill because of Trump’s urging>>>

Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany has been in & out of House Freedom Caucus meetings just off the House floor. He won’t say much “Not yet,” he said when I asked if he could chat about 40 mins ago. “We’re meeting,” he told reporters just now.

This is the full quote from DVO. Not much more at the end

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

Wisconsin lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers pass and sign into law a new state budget in less than 24 hours — a sprint to get ahead of Trump’s big bill signing jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

Wisconsin Dem Mark Pocan on the marathon speech from Hakeem Jeffries: “He’s doing all we can do with the handcuffing of the time limits the GOP gave us. It’s the only fight we have, and that’s good. He’s outlining the ramifications of their awful bill.”

A strange quote-tweet from a House Republican who won by less than 3 points last year.

This Derrick Van Orden tweet was up for a couple hours and has since been deleted Spokeswoman tells me he meant to quote this tweet: x.com/presssec/statu…

JUST IN: Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." Didn't they fire a lawyer and suspend another for saying this? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…