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Trump bill latest: ‘Big Beautiful’ July 4 in peril as House Republicans struggle to find votes

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Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 17:38
Vought says ‘making good progress’ with GOP holdouts
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, met with House Republican holdouts on the tax and spending bill for about 30 minutes.
As he left the meeting, he only said: “Making good progress.”
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:24
Six Republican still to vote
Rep. Neal Dunn of Florida has arrived and voted.
Six Republicans still have not, but the procedural amendment vote is now on 214-212 in favor of the Yeas.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:22
In a big bill that hurts clean energy, residential solar likely to get hit fast
As Republicans in Congress rushed forward with a massive tax and spending cut bill, a North Carolina renewable energy executive wrote to his 190 employees with a warning: Deep cuts to clean energy tax credits were going to hurt.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:20
Seven Republicans still haven’t voted
Rep. Dan Meuser has arrived from Pennsylvania and voted. Seven Republicans still have not, but the procedural amendment vote is now on 213-212 in favor of the Yeas.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:14
Rep. Ralph Norman says no vote until all members satisfied
Rep. Ralph Norman says after the White House meeting that members still have questions to work through.
“I can’t tell you I’m a yes, I can’t tell you I’m a no… the meeting was very helpful.”
On whether Executive Orders or promises of future bills could help, he said: “That’s what we’re getting a handle on.”
Norman says there won’t be a vote until the roughly 25 members meeting on this are satisfied.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:12
Full story: AOC blasts Trump’s bill as ‘a deal with the devil’
The House of Representatives returned to business on Wednesday to take up the Senate’s version of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” In her speech, Ocasio-Cortez referred to one of Trump’s top campaign promises included in the legislation, no taxes on tips, as a “scam” as she referenced her own past work as a bartender.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:10
Watch: Johnson says ‘all of us have to give up on our personal preferences’
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 21:08
‘This was not unexpected’
A White House official tells The Independent: “This was not unexpected.”
The official characterized the House’s difficulties as part of the normal back-and-forth of legislating and suggested that, in the end, President Trump would not necessarily be upset at missing the self-imposed July 4 deadline if it meant getting a better product in the end.
Andrew Feinberg2 July 2025 20:54
Trump’s biz empire was nearly bankrupt. Then he won the nomination and investors banked on his victory
Alex Woodward looks at what happened next.
Oliver O’Connell2 July 2025 20:50