Senate GOP leaders are looking to avoid a repeat of the lengthy and sometimes bewildering floor process that led to the passage of the Trump tax bill by locking down key details with holdouts before the chamber moves to a vote-a-rama Wednesday on a bill to claw back funding.

A number of rank-and-file members indicated in recent days that they hoped leadership would do everything possible to sidestep the tumult that engulfed the conference days before July 4 and limit the side deals that were being worked out at the last minute.

All indications Tuesday were that leaders were attempting to do just that. They resolved two key issues — protecting the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program and some rural broadcasters — a day before a key vote-a-rama is set to happen.

Congress has until Friday to send the bill, known as a rescissions package, to President Trump’s desk. It contains a request to claw back $9 billion in already appropriated funds for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

“Thune’s been really transparent on all of this,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said, pointing to the pre-vote-a-rama effort and push to limit potential side deals.

The White House and Senate GOP members made massive strides Tuesday toward a potential final green light to pass the bill.

Early in the day, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) announced he was

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