Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson is one step closer to his biggest achievement since becoming speaker 575 days ago. And President Donald Trump is on the brink of securing the first step toward a major legislative victory, one that will define his return to the White House.”
“The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Act cleared its key procedural hurdle around 2:40 a.
m. Every Republican except for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) voted for the rule. All of the House Freedom Caucus members who said that they still needed weeks to work on this bill ended up voting to proceed to debate. That came after Trump warned them a no vote on the legislation amounted to the ‘ultimate betrayal’ – you’re either with Trump now or you’re not.”