President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act stalled in the House on Wednesday as Republican leaders tried to pressure party holdouts to accept the Senate-passed changes to the legislation.
Republicans wanted to clear the package for the president’s signature by his self-imposed deadline of July Fourth.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, Maryland Republican, said the bill won’t be ready by July Fourth but negotiations are continuing for a compromise.
“The House has a position, the Senate takes a position, and then we can come to an agreement somewhere in the middle,” he said. “That’s the way the process should work.”
House Republican leaders held hours of procedural votes as they negotiated with the holdouts, who had varying concerns but a unifying dislike of the version that the Senate passed Tuesday.
After the talks, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, could not get enough votes to start debate on the