Live updates: Jeffries closes in on McCarthy’s record with House on verge of passing Trump megabill
House Republicans early Thursday morning advanced President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” teeing up a final vote after a marathon day of negotiations and a dramatic overnight vote.
It was the second overnight session for Congress in a handful of days.
But before the House can take a final vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) gets a so-called magic minute, an unlimited amount of time to argue against the bill on the House floor. Jeffries has spoken for more than seven hours and has repeatedly vowed to take his “sweet time.”
Earlier in the morning, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) kept the procedural vote, which would kick off debate, open for almost six hours as GOP leaders persuaded holdout Republican members to vote in favor of it. Trump spoke with some of the holdouts during the long impasse. It passed 219 to 213.
Trump will join first lady Melania Trump in meeting Thursday with former Israeli hostage Edan Alexander. He’ll then fly to Iowa, where he’ll kick off the nation’s 250th birthday celebration with a speech at the state fairgrounds.
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