Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) budding relationship with President Donald Trump survived its biggest stress test on Tuesday as Republicans passed their marquee tax bill through the Senate. In an interview with the Washington Examiner,

Despite majority support, the Senate failed to pass an amendment to President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Tuesday, July 1, that would have stopped immigrants in the U.S. illegally from receiving healthcare coverage under Medicaid.

Republican leadership has for days worked to try to secure enough votes in the upper chamber to push President Donald Trump's bill across the finish line.