Thune says Senate GOP appears to have enough votes to pass Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that Senate Republicans appeared to have enough votes to pass President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."

Thune told reporters Tuesday morning that he thinks he has a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” The Hill news outlet reported.

Asked if he had a deal as he walked from the Senate floor to his office, Thune said, “I believe we do.”

“But, like I said, I’m of Scandinavian heritage, so I’m always a bit of a realist. We’ll see what happens,” he added.

The Fox News Channel reports that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said that Republicans have enough votes for the bill to pass.

Senators spent all night and into Tuesday morning trying to pass Trump's mega tax-and-spending measure known as his "One Big Beautiful Bill," ahead of his July 4 deadline.

The leaders of the Republican-controlled chamber spent much of their time fending off proposed amendments, mostly from Democrats trying to defeat the package, and trying to wrangle enough votes to pass the measure through a process known as budget reconciliation, which requires only a simple, 51-vote majority for passage.

Republicans have a 53-47 majority over Democrats in the chamber and can afford only three "no" votes. The entire Democratic conference, which includes two independent senators, will vote against the measure.

The GOP holdouts were Sens. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, who warns Americans will lose access to Medicaid health care, and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who opposes raising the debt limit by $5 trillion.  

The other two were Murkowski and Susan Collins, of Maine, who have also tried to stem the health care cuts. Thune and his leadership team reportedly focused overnight on trying to work a deal with Murkowski to change her vote.