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Updates
1:37 p.m. ET: US House minority leader finished his speech at 1:37 p.m. ET. I had predicted he would finish around 12:30 p.m. ET, so I was off by more than an hour. The US House concluded voting on the Big Beautiful Bill at 2:45 p.m. ET, easily beating Trump's July 4th deadline.
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Delaying vote on the "Big Bill.
He would love to prevent the bill from getting to Trump's desk by July 4th, 2025. Even if I understand it correctly, he would have to speak until midnight tonight, and then speak for another 24 hours. Trump, meanwhile, will keep the government open -- mission essential -- so that if he gets the bill by 11:59 p.m. July 4, 2025, he can still sign it. I don't know if there are ways he can hold "the floor" while taking short breaks.
If he succeeds, every democrat in the US House will miss their flights home for 4th of July weekend.
LOL.
It's grandstanding at best, and will serve no purpose whatsoever except to get a lot of folks really, really angry. Even if he can't get to midnight tonight, just getting it past the news cycle today, 5:00 p.m. ET, he will have accomplished a lot.
I hope Trump announces he's head to Mar-a-Lago and will sign the bill with an auto-pen if necessary. LOL.
