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House members scramble to return to DC for megabill vote

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July 2, 2025

Some House members are going to great lengths to make it back to to Washington for a vote on the Republican megabill after severe weather canceled dozens of flights. President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson are pushing to advance the Senate-approved version of Republicans’ agenda bill before July 4 – setting up a condensed timeframe for a House vote…
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Johnson, Trump push wary House Republicans for July 4 passage

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20 hours ago

July 2, 2025

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Johnson, Trump push wary House Republicans for July 4 passage

A cross-section of GOP lawmakers is wary of the Senate package and wants to take their time…
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Johnson on the megabill: ‘I’m not happy with what the Senate did to our product’

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July 2, 2025

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Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s not happy with the sprawling legislation Senate Republicans just sent back to the House. “I’m not happy with what the Senate did to our product. We understand this is the process. It goes back and forth, and we’ll be working to get all of our members to yes,” Johnson said outside the House Rules Committee…
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House Homeland Security Democrats allude to internment camps as they slam ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

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July 2, 2025

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The House Homeland Security Committee’s Democratic members made allusions to Nazi Germany as they assailed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump toured Tuesday. “Historically, never a bad sign when fascists start building camps,” the committee posted on X on Tuesday alongside a video of Trump advocating for similar facilities in other states…
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