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Other factors harming butterflies are pesticide use and habitat loss. For NPR News, I'm Barbara Moran in Boston.

Other factors harming butterflies are pesticide use and habitat loss. For NPR News, I'm Barbara Moran in Boston.

Oh, wow. Well, how cool is that?

Oh, wow. Well, how cool is that?

Oh, wow. Well, how cool is that?

That's right. Yeah. Big win for the speaker. There were plenty of holdouts in his conference on this budget resolution, which, as we've talked about before on the podcast, is an early step in using the reconciliation process to pass a lot of what President Trump wants to see happen. Tax cuts, sending more money and resources to the southern border. On Tuesday, pretty dramatic.

That's right. Yeah. Big win for the speaker. There were plenty of holdouts in his conference on this budget resolution, which, as we've talked about before on the podcast, is an early step in using the reconciliation process to pass a lot of what President Trump wants to see happen. Tax cuts, sending more money and resources to the southern border. On Tuesday, pretty dramatic.

That's right. Yeah. Big win for the speaker. There were plenty of holdouts in his conference on this budget resolution, which, as we've talked about before on the podcast, is an early step in using the reconciliation process to pass a lot of what President Trump wants to see happen. Tax cuts, sending more money and resources to the southern border. On Tuesday, pretty dramatic.

Johnson and House Republican leaders held the floor open for an hour or so while trying to get all of the votes needed to pass this resolution. At one point, it looked like they weren't going to quite make it. They sent members home for the night. But wait, but wait. They quickly changed course, ordered the House back in session and voted on the proposal right away.

Johnson and House Republican leaders held the floor open for an hour or so while trying to get all of the votes needed to pass this resolution. At one point, it looked like they weren't going to quite make it. They sent members home for the night. But wait, but wait. They quickly changed course, ordered the House back in session and voted on the proposal right away.

Johnson and House Republican leaders held the floor open for an hour or so while trying to get all of the votes needed to pass this resolution. At one point, it looked like they weren't going to quite make it. They sent members home for the night. But wait, but wait. They quickly changed course, ordered the House back in session and voted on the proposal right away.

You know, essentially, some of the GOP members who had said that they would not support it changed their minds and ended up supporting it.

You know, essentially, some of the GOP members who had said that they would not support it changed their minds and ended up supporting it.

You know, essentially, some of the GOP members who had said that they would not support it changed their minds and ended up supporting it.

Yeah, I think there's two big things, you know, that are different between now and when Republicans used reconciliation in 2017. And one of those is exactly what you're saying, the difference of Trump himself. He was fairly content to leave a lot of the procedural elements in 2017 to Paul Ryan, who was speaker. And now it's not even, you know, a full two months into his presidency.

Yeah, I think there's two big things, you know, that are different between now and when Republicans used reconciliation in 2017. And one of those is exactly what you're saying, the difference of Trump himself. He was fairly content to leave a lot of the procedural elements in 2017 to Paul Ryan, who was speaker. And now it's not even, you know, a full two months into his presidency.

Yeah, I think there's two big things, you know, that are different between now and when Republicans used reconciliation in 2017. And one of those is exactly what you're saying, the difference of Trump himself. He was fairly content to leave a lot of the procedural elements in 2017 to Paul Ryan, who was speaker. And now it's not even, you know, a full two months into his presidency.

He's already put his thumb on the scale when it comes to a lot of the decision making between the House and the Senate, talking to members, doing some whipping of support. And then, you know, the second thing that I think is different, of course, is the margin, you know, that Johnson enjoys or does not enjoy rather some of the time.

He's already put his thumb on the scale when it comes to a lot of the decision making between the House and the Senate, talking to members, doing some whipping of support. And then, you know, the second thing that I think is different, of course, is the margin, you know, that Johnson enjoys or does not enjoy rather some of the time.

He's already put his thumb on the scale when it comes to a lot of the decision making between the House and the Senate, talking to members, doing some whipping of support. And then, you know, the second thing that I think is different, of course, is the margin, you know, that Johnson enjoys or does not enjoy rather some of the time.