Thune makes hold-your-nose pitch to 'big, beautiful bill' holdouts

Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has a closing message for the Republicans still opposing the Senate’s tax bill: “Not everybody’s going to get what they want.”

At Tuesday’s conference lunch, Thune told Republicans to set aside their misgivings over the bill with time running short to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline. He is facing fierce blowback to a proposed cap on the tax states use to fund Medicaid, while fiscal hawks are still dug in over their demands for more fiscal austerity.