Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that lawmakers in his chamber will remain in Washington, D.C., until they pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
“Senators return to Washington today and we will remain here until this bill is passed,” he wrote in an op-ed on Fox News.
The comments are a sign of the increasing pressure Thune faces to win over Republican holdouts who still oppose the megabill, ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline.
Thune wrote that he is “confident” that the Senate will get the bill “across the finish line.”
Congress was set to be on recess the week of July 4, meaning this week was effectively the deadline for lawmakers to pass the package and get it to Trump’s desk.
