After an all-night bargaining session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Big, Beautiful Bill Act” in the wee hours of Thursday morning on a party-line, 217-214 vote. Only pretend Republican Kentucky gadfly Thomas Massie voted to oppose the bill.
[Correction: Ohio’s Warren Davidson also voted against the compromise bill.]
Yes, that’s right: Even Texas Rep. Chip Roy, whose antics are among the most tiresome of any member of congress today, did the right thing in the end.
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