Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he thinks he has a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — a major breakthrough more than 25 hours after lawmakers began considering the measure on the Senate floor.

But Thune also cautioned he’s a “realist,” indicating that he’s not counting anything as finished until the final vote is........

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