Politico ^ | 11/17/2025 05: 07 PM ESTUpdated: 11/17/2025 06: 30 PM EST | Meredith Lee Hill and Jorda Pluribus Unum Two prominent House committee chairs are among the GOP lawmakers now backing the legislation. But after meeting with fellow Republican leaders, Johnson said they were instead moving toward a plan that would put the bill up for a vote Tuesday under so-called suspension of the rules, a simpler fast-track procedure requiring a two-thirds majority vote for passage. Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn’t currently expected to weigh in on whether he will bring up the Epstein measure until after it passes the House, according to a person granted anonymity to disclose internal strategy. But Trump’s support for passing the Epstein files resolution has changed the dynamic inside the Senate GOP, where top Republicans have previously downplayed the chances of the chamber acting on the House bill, according to two other people granted anonymity to comment on the sensitive matter. A growing number of GOP senators are open to giving the resolution a vote pointing to both Trump’s comments and interest from their own constituents in seeing Congress take action on Epstein. “I don’t have any problems with data coming out. So lots of people ran on this issue in the last election, so I don’t have any problems with us voting on it,” Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) told reporters Monday. Johnson said he had “some comfort” that the Senate would amend the bill to provide for “the protection of victims and whistleblowers and all the rest” before passing it. That would require another House vote before it moves to Trump’s desk. Senate Republicans will not return to Washington until Tuesday evening, when they are expected to discuss next steps. The only way for the resolution to pass the Senate this week would be with buy-in from every senator to.(Excerpt) Read more at politico. com . TOPICS: Politics/Elections KEYWORDS: Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. 1 posted on by E. Pluribus Unum Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4353092/posts