The House has made history after holding the longest ever congressional vote as Republicans scrambled to advance Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful” bill. Lawmakers spent over seven hours locked in negotiations over a procedural vote—a step that determines how the House will consider a bill before moving to debate and a final vote. The previous record was set in November 2021, when the House took seven hours and six minutes on a vote related to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The current House broke that record at 9:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday and extended it by another 15 minutes before finally ending the vote, according to Axios. The marathon session underscored the chaos surrounding efforts to pass Trump’s spending bill. Five Republican lawmakers initially voted “no” on the rule, while eight others withheld their votes, sparking hours of tense negotiations and pressure from Trump. In the end, all but one of the potential GOP holdouts flipped, allowing the measure to advance in a narrow 219-213 vote, setting up the bill for further debate and a final showdown in the House later on Thursday.
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