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Senate Majority Leader Thune is racing to pass a large tax and spending bill by July 4, facing opposition from some Republican senators over spending cuts and funding for health and renewable energy, with President Trump closely monitoring and pressuring for swift passage.
The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has exposed deep divisions within the state's Republican Party, with hard-line conservatives fighting to protect one of their own and criticizing the impeachment process as an effort to overturn the will of voters. The GOP chasm was most apparent in the fight over Paxton's future, with about 70% of House Republicans voting to impeach. The division will continue to fester as the Senate takes up Paxton's impeachment trial, with continued pro-Paxton pressure likely to come from Trump, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Party Chair Matt Rinaldi.