Senate Set To Move 'Fairly Quickly' On Epstein Files Bill After House Passage

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The Senate is set to take up the Epstein files bill after the House passed it 427–1, with leaders in both parties pushing for rapid approval. Trump dropped his opposition and said he will sign the measure, ending weeks of delay tied to the shutdown and a stalled discharge petition. Survivors joined lawmakers on Capitol Hill as momentum built.

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00:02The Senate will take up the Epstein Files bill after the House passed it 427 to 1, according

00:08to CNBC.

00:09Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the chamber is expected to move fairly quickly,

00:14while Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged passage as soon as possible and without amendments.

00:19President Trump dropped his opposition days before the House vote and said he is prepared

00:23to sign the bill, even as he continued to attack media coverage of Epstein.

00:27The discharge petition was delayed for weeks because House Speaker Mike Johnson kept members

00:32out of session during the government shutdown.

00:34The gap also postponed a swearing-in of Representative Adelita Grijalva, whose signature was needed

00:40to advance the petition.

00:41After the shutdown ended and Grijalva signed a discharge petition, Johnson agreed to bring

00:46the Epstein bill to a vote sooner than planned.

00:49Survivors appeared on Capitol Hill with Representatives Thomas Massey and Ro Khanna, including Marjorie

00:54Taylor Greene, who has recently broken with Trump.

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