LIVE House Speaker tries to reign in GOP rebels and pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill: Live updates
The House speaker and other GOP leaders were working Wednesday night to whip members to back a key procedural vote on the Big Beautiful Bill.
They are now planning to keep the vote open as long as it takes to get enough 'yes' votes to approve the legislation.
If the Republican leadership is then able to flip the holdouts who want more time to change some aspects of the Senate version of the bill, the House will move onto final passage as quickly as possible.
Their goal is to get it to the president's desk by the July 4 holiday on Friday.
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House Republicans work to get Big Beautiful Bill over the finish line
House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to reign in Republican rebels in an effort to pass President Donald Trump's spending bill.
The House speaker and other GOP leaders are working to whip members to back a key procedural vote on the Big Beautiful Bill.
The goal is to get the bill to Trump's desk by the July 4 holiday, but it still remains unclear whether House Republicans have enough support to get the bill passed.
It had squaked through the Senate on Tuesday and some Republican House members now want to spend more time reviewing the Senate's changes to the bill before they approve it.
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