House Republicans advance Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in rare Sunday night vote

Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted in a rare Sunday night session to advance President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” encapsulating his legislative agenda after deficit hawks relented, clearing the way for a possible floor vote later this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson met with fellow lawmakers shortly before the vote, and said he agreed to “some minor modifications. Not a huge thing.”

Johnson said the bill making Trump‘s 2017 tax cuts permanent and reforming Medicaid is now “on track" for a House floor vote toward the end of this week.

The vote marked a sudden turnaround after three days of drama when fiscal hawks like Rep. Chip Roy of Texas and Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina voted against the bill on Friday because of concerns it did not cut spending deep enough or repeal more of former President Joe Biden‘s Inflation Reduction Act spending.