Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah), a moderate Republican, called July 4 a “false deadline” for Republicans to pass their megabill and said it’s more important for the Senate to get it done “right” than fast.

In an interview at Politico’s Energy Summit in Washington on Tuesday, Curtis said he’s confident the bill would eventually pass.

But, he added, “I can't tell you what it's going to look like or when it's going to pass.”

He signaled a lightly less optimistic note on whether it would pass by the GOP's self-imposed July 4 deadline.

“Well, let me just say, I think a lot of us would be surprised if it passed by July 4,” Curtis said.

“I think that’s a false deadline,” he added. “I don’t think that we need to put a specific deadline on it. Let’s get it right.”

Other GOP senators have also publi

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