Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Julia Ioffe to break down how congressional Republicans fell in line behind Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, despite flashes of public dissent, as a result of Trump’s rallying force and the fear of political repercussions. They also dig into the Freedom Caucus’s failed rebellion, and whether that signals a striking decline in their influence.
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