House Nears Final Vote on Trump Megabill After Holdouts Persuaded

WASHINGTON—After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders spent hours scrambling to flip holdouts, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed a key procedural vote in the House.
In the early hours of July 3, the House voted 219-213 to open debate and tee the package up for final vote, due in the coming hours. If it passes, it will then head to Trump’s desk.
The development marked a victory for Johnson and Trump who had been whipping votes since the Senate’s passage on Tuesday. Both conservative and moderate holdouts objected to the Senate’s version of the bill for different reasons, including its effect on the deficit and deeper cuts to Medicaid…. 

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