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Trump’s treasury secretary was on Fox and Friends this morning to boost the bill, claiming a vote in the upper chamber could happen today, dismissing its possibly negative economic impact.

Here’s more from The Independent’s Eric Garcia – who has now, I’m happy to say, finally gone to bed – on how this whole spectacle plays into the hands of the opposition and means that, even if the president does ultimately get his way, it will come with a significant cost.

If you missed the drama on X overnight, Trump’s estranged former pal once more came out angrily against the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” leading to the president’s extraordinary (tongue-in-cheek?) threat this morning.

John Bowden has the story.

Asked by a reporter just now whether he would really do such a thing, the president answered: “We’ll have to take a look. We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.”

Here’s the latest from Andrew Feinberg.

That’s the president’s first pronouncement of the day on the One Big, Beautiful Bill, according to Reuters.

He sounds cautiously optimistic and well-rested, unlike the senators who have been up all night working on his behalf.

On Elon Musk, he says the billionaire is upset because he lost the mandate for electric vehicles in the tax and spending bill and warned that the Tesla CEO “could lose a lot more than that.”

Here’s an interesting bit of stirring from Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner:

The vote on amendment #45 a short while ago places this marathon session in the record books.

The vice president has arrived in the event that his vote might be needed to force through the bill, or perhaps to help corner Murkowski and Paul and beg them to play ball.

Actually, according to The Independent’s Eric Garcia, some of them have quite literally been playing ball:

At one point, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the Republican from Oklahoma who has a penchant for carrying a bouncy ball around wherever he goes, decided to play a game of catch on the floor to pass the time with Republicans. At one point, he looked primed to throw it to Sen. Katie Britt from Alabama, who signaled not to do it. Though Britt could probably make a few receptions: Her husband Wesley played for the University of Alabama and the New England Patriots under Coach Bill Belichick (who now coaches the far superior University of North Carolina Tar Heels).

He adds that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has brought McDonald’s breakfast for colleagues while the Democrats are still digesting their tacos from last night.