The multi-trillion-dollar tax bill that carries much of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda passed its final committee hurdle late Wednesday night after a rare overnight and all-day congressional meeting, teeing up a vote for final House passage.
The House Rules Committee voted 8-4 along party lines to advance Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to the House floor after gaveling in a hearing at 1 a.m. Wednesday, to the gripes of various lawmakers about the timing and lack of bill text, and working almost nonstop until 10:40 p.m.
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