House Republicans have advanced President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and now seek to hold a final vote.
The procedural vote was 219 to 213. Voting began around 9:30 pm on Wednesday and continued until 3:20 am on Thursday morning.
During the voting process, Trump commented on Truth Social, “Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy vs. Biggest Tax Increase in History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT’S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!”
The president added Thursday morning, “What a great night it was. One of the most consequential Bills ever. The USA is the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, by far!!!”
“A lot of members genuinely needed time to digest what the Senate sent over,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told NBC News. “We didn’t have it for that long. They deserved that amount of time to go through it and figure out the meaning and how it would be applied, and ask questions of the administration regarding that. They talked to some cabinet secretaries and even some attorneys in some agencies, and they got a good grasp of what it was that they were voting on. And that’s an important part of the process.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) began speaking after the vote. Once he ends his floor speech, Johnson is expected to speak and can call for a vote on the bill’s final passage.
Jeffries called the bill “disgusting,” an “abomination,” and a “GOP tax scam.”
