Senate Republican leadership secured the narrow passage of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” by brokering a last-minute deal between fiscal conservatives and centrists like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who demanded key concessions on energy and rural healthcare.  

Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote after three Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Rand Paul (R-KY), broke ranks to oppose the bill. In the chaotic final stretch of the vote-a-rama, GOP leaders zeroed in on Murkowski, working to address her concerns about the bill’s financial effect on Alaska.