The procedural "rule" vote was 219-213, with one Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, joining all Democrats in opposition. At one point, five Republicans had voted "no" on the rule, while eight others did not vote, but Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., managed to sway them overnight.

The deeply divided House is moving to take up President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package after a group of Republican holdouts reversed course and agreed to allow the bill to come to the floor,

After hours of Republican drama, the House on Thursday morning was nearing a final vote on President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill. Trump helped Speaker Mike Johnson pressure GOP holdouts into flipping their no votes to allow the measure to go forward in time to meet the president's self-imposed July Fourth deadline.