The Bill will go TO President Trump to SIGN ….
Who IS getting a bit of a beatdown from his OWN party memebers and Democrats…..
This story IS gonna have legs going forward….
Donald Trump WILL be forced to do a dance going forward. with the revelations….
And pray for his salvation ?….
The Senate agreed by unanimous consent Tuesday to approve a House-passed bill to require the Justice Department to release all unclassified records and documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sending the bill to President Trump’s desk for a signature.
The swift Senate action ends the protracted battle in Congress over the files, which caused months of turmoil in the House and gave Democrats political ammo to accuse Republicans of protecting rich and powerful people who participated in Epstein’s illicit activities.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday evening received unanimous consent to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act upon receipt of the legislation from the House, only hours after the lower chamber voted 427-1 to approve it.
The Democratic leader received approval from all 99 of his colleagues to “deem” the bill “passed” as soon as the Senate receives the legislation from the House. Senate aides said they expected that formality to happen Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Schumer secured approval to quickly send the legislation to President Trump’s desk after the Senate Republican cloakroom ran a hotline to see if there were any objections on the Republican side of the aisle…..
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who voted for the legislation earlier Tuesday, accused Democrats of using it to score political points and urged Senate Republicans to make changes to it to “make sure we don’t do permanent damage to the political system.”
Johnson’s pleas fell flat after Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), the lead Republican co-sponsor of the bill, warned the Senate, “Do not muck it up.”
“We fought the president, the attorney general, the FBI director, the Speaker of the House and the vice president to get this win. They’re on our side today, so let’s give them some credit as well,” Massie said at a press conference outside the Capitol.
“Don’t muck it up in the Senate. Don’t get too cute. We’re all paying attention,” Massie said, standing with a group of Epstein’s victims near the Capitol’s steps.
He warned that if senators added any language that “prevents any disclosure, you are not for the people and you are not part of this effort.”….
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Schumer forced a vote on the matter by seizing an opportunity in the Senate’s agenda after Thune didn’t file a procedural motion to block colleagues from offering amendments…..
Note…
Chuck Schumer gets ‘BOOST” from this?
Saving his job?
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