What to know today
- HOUSE ADVANCES GOP BILL: A massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda cleared a key hurdle in the House after a group of Republican holdouts changed their votes.
- SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE APPROACHING: The House is now debating the bill on the floor before proceeding to final passage. Trump has pushed to sign the bill into law by July 4.
- TRUMP PRESSURES HOLDOUTS: The president and White House officials have been heavily involved in efforts to sway GOP holdouts. Trump warned them "MAGA IS NOT HAPPY" on Truth Social.
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Jeffries speaks against GOP bill during floor debate
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is expected to speak for roughly an hour on the floor against the Republicans' bill.
Johnson expects House to pass Trump agenda bill this morning
Speaker Johnson Mike Johnson, R-La., said he expected the House will vote on the GOP's domestic policy package "around 8-8:30 this morning," if not sooner.
Asked how he was able to win over the Republican holdouts, Johnson told reporters, "There was just a lot of patience and listening to everyone’s concerns and making sure that their, their concerns were addressed."
Johnson said he’s talked to Trump “multiple times today, tonight, this morning.”
“I mean, he was up engaged as late as 1 am. He may still be up for all I know. He doesn’t really sleep a lot,” he said.
When asked about the self-imposed July 4 deadline for passage and whether Johnson was disappointed to again be sorting out legislation overnight, he said: “I’m not disappointed. I mean, again, this is part of the process. It’s, when you’re doing a big, comprehensive piece of legislation, you’re going to expect a lot of, a lot of extra time, a lot of questions and a lot of deliberation over it. We factored that in, but we’re still going to meet the deadline.”
House advances Trump agenda bill, setting up final passage
The House advance the Trump agenda bill on a 219-213 vote after most of the Republican holdouts flipped their votes to support the rule.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., was the only Republican to vote with all Democrats against the procedural motion.
The House is now debating the bill and will soon vote on final passage.
House procedural vote stretches past three hours
The House has now held the rule vote open for more than three hours.
And Trump is continuing to express his displeasure with the GOP holdouts on Truth Social: "FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE. RIDICULOUS!!!"
Trump to GOP holdouts: 'What are you trying to prove?'
With the House rule vote to advance the GOP's domestic policy bill nearing the three-hour mark, Trump took to Truth Social to pressure the party's holdouts.
"What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT’S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!" Trump wrote.
Five Republicans have now voted "no" on the procedural vote after Thomas Massie of Kentucky changed his initial vote. Eight Republicans have yet to vote.
Speaker Johnson says rule vote will stay open 'as long as it takes'
House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News' Sean Hannity tonight that he plans to keep a procedural vote open "as long as it takes" to address any questions from lawmakers about the Trump agenda bill.
Republicans can afford to lose only three votes to advance the legislation to a final vote. There are currently four "no" votes from Republicans. Members can change their positions while the vote remains open.
Johnson said he has spoken to three of those Republicans and is trying to "find the fourth one." Earlier tonight, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., left the chamber after he voted against the procedural measure.
"I think they're open for conversation," Johnson said of the four holdouts. "Everybody wants to deliver this agenda for the people, and we're going to give them every opportunity to do that."
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick leaves chamber after voting 'no' on rule
After Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., delivered a surprising “no” vote on the rule, some of his Republican colleagues scrambled to find him on the floor — most likely to try to get him to change his vote.
But Fitzpatrick bolted out of the chamber and could not be found.
When NBC News informed Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., that Fitzpatrick appeared to have run off, Johnson replied: “Smart.”
Johnson then tried to reach Fitzpatrick by phone, but so far he has been unsuccessful.
Speaker Johnson making last-minute push to win over GOP holdouts
Four Republicans are in the no column right now on the measure to advance Trump's agenda bill to floor debate before a vote on final passage.
Johnson has been in an animated discussion with one of the holdouts, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., on the floor for several minutes. Members can change their votes up until the moment the gavel comes down.
The other current "no" votes are Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas, Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.
House votes on the rule for floor debate on Trump agenda bill
The House is voting now on the rule for the reconciliation bill. It needs to be adopted so the House can move to debate the bill itself.
The vote takes a simple majority to pass. Every member is here today and participated in the previous vote.
If all members vote, Republicans can afford to lose only three defections. Members can, of course, choose not to vote or to vote present. That would change the math.
If the rule is adopted, the House will move to an hour of debate on the bill itself.
House to move forward with procedural vote teeing up Trump's agenda bill
The House said it will start voting on the rule for the package at 9:30 p.m.
Trump said on social media that Republicans were united ahead of a vote on the rule for his megabill tonight.
"It looks like the House is ready to vote tonight. We had GREAT conversations all day, and the Republican House Majority is UNITED, for the Good of our Country, delivering the Biggest Tax Cuts in History and MASSIVE Growth," he wrote on Truth Social.
