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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — House Republicans were preparing to vote Thursday connected President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful" taxation breaks and spending cuts package, conscionable 1 time up of his Fourth of July vacation deadline.
Final debates began successful the predawn hours aft different chaotic time astatine the Capitol.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted the ballot would hap successful time, aft the Senate's constrictive support of the package, decided by a tie-breaking ballot from Vice President JD Vance.
Hakeem Jeffries gives 'magic minute' speech
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who has dubbed the bundle the “one large disfigured bill,” spoke against the measure Thursday morning.
Democrats argued the program is simply a taxation interruption for the wealthy, paid for by heavy cuts that wounded the astir vulnerable. One lawmaker called it “trickle-down cruelty."
Trump attempts to sway GOP holdouts
The bill’s way done Congress has been difficult. Republicans person struggled to support their slim majorities united, narrowly pushing the measure guardant with conscionable 1 ballot to spare connected aggregate occasions. The House’s 220–212 Republican bulk leaves small country for defections.
Overnight Wednesday, it took hours to unafraid a procedural vote to unfastened ceremonial debate. Sources told NewsNation and The Hill that Trump personally called undecided House Republicans into the aboriginal greeting hours, urging them to finalize the deal.
Debate continued into Thursday, with speeches from some parties. Trump weighed successful connected societal media, insisting it should beryllium an casual vote. He scolded holdouts, writing, “What are you trying to prove? MAGA is not happy, and it’s costing you votes!”
Trump met astatine the White House with acrophobic House Republican lawmakers, immoderate of whom are disquieted astir the bill’s interaction connected Medicaid and the nationalist deficit. Still, Republicans person said they’re assured the measure volition scope Trump’s table by Friday.
Trump is expected to permission for a “Salute to America” lawsuit successful Iowa connected Thursday night, but until then, helium and his squad are intimately monitoring the vote.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
