House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is fighting a battle of inches as he tries to secure the last few votes he needs to get President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" across the finish line. Why it matters: Johnson is racing against the clock to meet Republicans' self-imposed deadline to pass the marquee tax and spending bill,

The $3.4 trillion legislation would extend tax cuts from Trump’s first term, implement campaign promises such as eliminating income taxes on tips and flood militarized resources to immigration officials.

President Donald Trump is losing patience with House Republican holdouts as the procedural rule vote on the “big beautiful bill” has remained open for nearly three hours. In a post to Truth Social, Trump recycled old talking points about the bill that extends the 2017 tax cuts and called on the GOP to move forward