After a tortured and sometimes bewildering 26 hours, the Senate passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The vote was 51-50. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted no. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.
The focal point of the entire process in the final hours of dealmaking was Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the 23-year Senate veteran from Alaska. Murkowski exerted a tremendous amount of influence to benefit her home state.
