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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

The week the Democrats’ gerontocracy problem came home to roost

The sun rose literally and metaphorically for House Republicans on Thursday when they finally mustered the votes to pass President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The vote came under the tightest of margins, with 215 Republicans voting for the bill. Two Republicans, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio, opposed it and Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, voted “present.” Two Republicans, Dave Schweikert of Arizona and Andrew Garbarino of New York, missed the vote as Garbarino fell asleep.

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