House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has been giving a long speech on July 3 in an attempt to delay voting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, consisting of President Donald Trump’s signature legislative agenda.
“I’m still here to take my sweet time,” he said on the House floor.
Jeffries is using a procedural tool called the “magic minute” that allows leaders unlimited floor time. He started speaking just before 5 a.m. ET.
The GOP-led megabill cleared a key procedural hurdle at around 3 a.m. ET after overnight negotiations between House Republican leaders and about a dozen holdouts. Republican leaders ultimately persuaded the holdouts, paving the way for passage in the final vote. Were the bill to clear a final vote, it would go to Trump’s desk for his signature….