House Speaker Mike Johnson has slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the Democrat’s speech delaying a vote on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful” spending bill. Johnson said Republicans are eager to pass Trump’s bill in the lower chamber but must wait for Jeffries to finish his speech,

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks on the House floor ahead of a vote on the Big Beautiful Bill. The speech comes moments after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrapped a speech that was more than 8 hours long.

Four Republican fiscal hawks flipped their votes in the early hours of Thursday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill, allowing it to come to the House floor for a final vote in the lower chamber.