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The GOP\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d hit a wall late Wednesday night when a group of hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans combined forces to stall the sprawling package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers returned to the House chamber at 9:30 p.m. \u2014 after an hours-long delay \u2014 to hold a procedural vote that would open up debate on the megabill and tee up a vote on final passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effort, however, stopped in its tracks after three hardline conservatives \u2014 Reps. Keith Self (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) \u2014 voted against the rule, along with centrist Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.). Nine other Republicans declined to vote altogether, denying Republican leaders the majority needed to open debate on the megabill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all Democrats opposing the package, the vote remained stuck at 207-216 for a time, before Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) voted to support the measure shortly after 11 p.m. That momentum in favor of the bill was quickly negated, however, when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who voted against the megabill in the House last month, switched his vote on the rule from \u201cyes\u201d to \u201cno,\u201d setting GOP leaders back some more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of just before midnight, the vote stood at 207-217, with five GOP \u201cno\u201d votes and eight Republicans not yet having voted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those eight were: Reps. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Bob Onder (R-Mo.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) had not yet voted as of 11:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impasse has forced Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) into a game of chicken, with leaders vowing to hold the vote open indefinitely in an effort to force the holdouts into a change of heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ll keep it open as long as it takes to make sure we\u2019ve got everybody here and accounted for and all the questions answered,\u201d Johnson told Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity just before 11 p.m. \u201cI made that commitment to my members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is part of the process,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are tying up some loose ends. We had a Senate bill that was sent over that was modified from the House version. We liked the House version better, no surprise about that, and we had reached a very delicate balance on it, so it\u2019s taken a little while to go through the changes and to have everybody fully process that and figure out what that means for them and their districts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live updates: Republicans hold open critical vote on Trump megabill in dramatic scene
The Speaker said he spoke to three of the GOP \u201cno\u201d votes, calling some of their positions a \u201cplaceholder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to \u201cthree of the four, I\u2019m trying to find the fourth one,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cBut a couple of those are still waiting for some of those questions to be answered, and they\u2019re just sort of putting placeholders on the board and I think they\u2019re open for conversation. Everybody\u2019s here in good faith, everybody wants to get to yes, everybody wants to deliver this agenda for the people and we\u2019re gonna give them every opportunity to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The logjam did not come as a complete surprise. Shortly before leaders called the procedural vote, a handful of hardline conservatives announced that they would not vote on the effort if top lawmakers called the referendum on Wednesday, contending that they needed more time to receive clarity about the policy details of the package \u2014 and (perhaps) ease their qualms and win their votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson, however, tried to call their bluff, convening the vote despite the threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Republicans, including Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), relented on their initial opposition, supporting the procedural vote after hours of bashing the bill throughout the day on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got clarification of what\u2019s going to be enforced,\u201d Norman told reporters. \u201cWe got clarification on how the IRAs are going to be dealt with. We got clarification on the tax cuts. And still we\u2019ll be meeting tomorrow on the specifics of it. But no, I feel comfortable with this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is unclear what leaders will do next. As the clock approached midnight, lawmakers of both parties were milling around the chamber even as the vote tally remained frozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson said Trump offered Wednesday night to call the remaining holdouts to try and get them on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe has been, in fact, he called me most recently about an hour ago and said who else needs to have a discussion, I\u2019m ready to get on the phone. And I said, \u2018Mr. President, you\u2019ve done your job and we\u2019ll do ours here,\u2019\u201d Johnson told Hannity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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