The vote to begin final debate marks a win for Republican leadership seeking to deliver on Trump’s second term policy agenda. The megabill suffered a major setback earlier. House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day trying to unify his conference. Republican leadership is trying to pass the bill ahead of Trump’s self-imposed July 4 deadline. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with the media after the House Republican Conference meeting on a plan to fund the government and avert a shutdown in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, December 20, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images
The Republican-controlled U.S. House on Thursday advanced U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill, after a dramatic night of voting that was nearly derailed by Republican defections.
The House voted 219-213 to move the