This is a breaking update: House Republicans no longer have the votes needed to pass President Trump’s agenda.
Despite unanimously passing an earlier procedural vote to advance the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ four Republicans have just defected on the rule vote, which, if passed, would open debate before a final vote.
House Republicans can only afford three defections, or else the bill can’t move forward.
This is infuriating.
#BREAKING: Republicans no longer have the votes to advance Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” as Democrats erupt in cheers and celebrate the sudden shift on the House floor pic.twitter.com/ca1D3sDitj
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The four RINOs who voted “no” on the rule vote are:
Ten Republicans have yet to cast their votes.
Now, technically, the vote is currently still open and has not yet closed.
So, there is still some time for one of these defections to flip to a “yes” vote.
All members of Congress have the option to change their vote up until the moment the gavel slams and finalizes it.
Reuters reported:
Now, House representatives are voting on another procedural measure, which would allow them to open debate and then move to a final vote for passage. Four Republicans have voted no, one more than House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford. Voting is still ongoing, leaving time for one of those four to be persuaded to change their vote. An earlier procedural vote passed after seven hours while Republicans held closed-door meetings with holdouts.
Speaker Mike Johnson is currently talking with one of the GOP holdouts, Rep. Andrew Clyde, to try to get him to flip his vote.
CNN said:
House Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team are doing it in real time — again.
Johnson and his leadership team are currently whipping members to back a key procedural vote on Trump’s bill in a furious last-minute scramble as the vote is underway.
About 45 minutes into the vote, Johnson still has four members voting against bringing Trump’s bill to the floor — enough to sink the procedural vote and prevent a vote on final passage. That many “no” votes is also enough to tank the bill: He can afford to lose three.
The no votes are: Reps. Andrew Clyde, Keith Self, Victoria Spartz and Brian Fitzpatrick — the latter a surprise to some in GOP leadership.
ADVERTISEMENTJohnson has been spotted on the floor talking to Clyde — who is one of the current four no votes — and Rep. David Valadao, a centrist who has not yet voted, and Rep. Greg Murphy, who has concerns about Medicaid cuts in his home state of North Carolina. There are roughly 10 members that have not yet voted.
Leadership plans to keep the vote open as long as it takes as part of a pressure campaign to convince GOP holdouts to fold and allow the House to move onto Trump’s bill. GOP leaders believe they can call hardliners’ bluff after marathon talks during an earlier seven-hour procedural vote, though some of those same members have declared they are dug in and want more time to try to change the Senate’s version of Trump’s bill.
If GOP leadership is able to flip the holdouts and the procedural vote succeeds, the House would move onto final passage as quickly as possible, likely within about two hours, following debate on the bill.
Let us pray he is successful.
However, one of the other holdouts immediately fled the chamber after casting his “no” vote in an apparent attempt to sidestep other members of the GOP who would try to get him to flip.
Per NBC News:
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.
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