Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House [View all]

Source: MS NOW

Hours after the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to force the release of files related to the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the Senate quickly moved to pass the legislation by unanimous consent, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

Speaking on the Senate floor shortly after 5 p.m., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was able to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act using unanimous consent — a process where a senator asks the chamber to disregard normal Senate rules and speedily act.

The move was so immediate that the Senate hadn’t even received the bill. (Schumer took the unusual step of asking that, once the Senate actually gets the bill from the House, the legislation be deemed as passed.)

The sudden move to pass the bill in the Senate caps off a chaotic legislative process where Republicans spent months trying to deny Democrats a vote on the bill. In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was forced to give the legislation a vote only after four Republicans joined all Democrats on a discharge petition. And after Republicans spent months trying to prevent a vote, they suddenly supported the legislation as soon as Democrats reached the magic threshold for the discharge petition.

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