WASHINGTON — House Republicans, up all night, are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill after GOP leaders and the president worked to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition by his Fourth of July deadline. Not so fast, the top Democrat says.
Final debates began in the predawn hours Thursday after another chaotic day, and night, at the Capitol. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., insisted the House would meet the Friday deadline.
But for now, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York was holding the floor and doing the speaking.
Seizing a leader’s prerogative for unlimited debate, Jeffries did just that, starting early in the morning and continuing for some five hours, and counting.
He read letter after letter from Americans writing about their reliance of the health care programs and their worries of devastating cuts. He spoke of Republican