Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., called on senators to embrace the “changes for Medicaid that the House passed” in the wide-ranging tax and domestic policy bill still being debated by the Senate, telling Newsmax that this would help propel the legislation over the finish line.

The Senate continued its marathon voting session on Tuesday, breaking the 24-hour mark without reaching an agreement on the legislation to solidify President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda into law.

Malliotakis told “Wake Up America” that House legislators are “all waiting to see what the Senate does,” noting that “there’s still a number of open items” to vote on. She said that legislators “want to get it done as soon as possible, but we want to make sure it’s the right product, and if it takes a few more days or weeks, I think that’s OK, but if we can get it done this week, we should.”

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