Our colleague Richard Rubin spent his Monday and much of his Tuesday at the U.S.
Capitol.
He was watching as Republican senators tried to pass their version of President Trump's signature legislation,
his big, beautiful bill.
And it was a nail-biter.
So they started at 9 a.m. on Monday and kept going.
You know, there were multiple things going on.
There were amendment votes and votes happening on the floor.
And there were also negotiations in the back rooms where senators were,
on the Republican side,
were trying to get the final votes that they needed to pass this thing.
So this thing dragged, right?
So it went to late in the evening and then it went to midnight and then it went to 3 a.m.
Senators forged ahead.
fueled partly by energy drinks and carrot cake.
Some took turns huddling under a blanket in the chilly Senate chamber.
— And then the sun came up.
And then they finally figured out a version, maybe mid to late morning,
that was going to work for the last hold-up vote, who's Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
And she ended up voting for it, and the thing passed just after noon on Tuesday.