Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) will be shelling out a litany of free meals to reporters after losing a wager pinned on his high hopes of voting President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the Senate overnight. 

The senator made the lighthearted bet with journalists Monday evening as lawmakers camped out in the Capitol amid the “vote-a-rama” drama, the process by which they can add amendments to the bill before voting on its final passage. 

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