It doesn't seem so

The article looks like it was written by AI.

rather than an actual vote on the bill itself---

This vote would not totally kill the bill itself, but it is a HUGE setback
if the House votes not to consider it at all, at this point in time....


(probably based on votes from far-right who thought the bill created too much more debt,
and some GOP "moderates" who didn't want to starve poor people,
and a few others for whatever reason---- haven't read the details yet)


but I do applaud this action! Refusing to even proceed to 'consider' it,
is GOOD NEWS for the American people at large--- for the moment, at least!

There won't be any big "BBB Celebration" on July 4 by the orange muffin in chief---
unless of course, he claims that his BBB was passed, when it wasn't
(and by all his previous conduct, that is NOT outside the realm
of demented possibilities...)

When was the losing vote gaveled close? Do you have an authoritative source for that?

Because it's not true

The time for being helpfully engaged in debate on the topic in this OP discussion has passed. Sorry that you missed it.

Determine it was written by AI, pls.

This never happened: "The tally, reported by multiple congressional trackers, stood at roughly 203 in favor and 216 against when the vote was gaveled to a close"

That's the most important indicator. Gen AI loves to make up stories and assumptions. A human should not have made that mistake.

Other indicators are the writing. Using words that aren't common for the topic like the "Democratic bloc."

The source also seems questionable. "Deepnewz"

OpenAl (o3)
Updated Jul 2, 2025, 11:16 PM

Him who handed out AR-15 pins to his despicable colleagues?

that they stripped out the elimination of the tax on silencers. And as a gun store owner, he can't abide that silencers are currently taxed. Apparently, it's a deeply held conviction of his that people that want to kill other people should be able to do so both quietly and inexpensively.

but I am not at liberty to elaborate on that opinion

I thought he was the strongest opponent to the senate bill.

These idiots want more cuts.

What are they holding out for? Personal favors? Cash gifts? More cruelty?

There are more than a few Republican Senators and House Reps who are secretly very, very relieved.

Too timid to vote their consciences, they can now breathe a sigh of relief in private, while expressing “disappointment” in public.

Don’t get me wrong. This ain’t over yet. But they were all in a car going sixty that just ran over a railroad tie, and none of them were wearing seat belts. They may yet get there, but their initial progress just got yanked backwards. Trump will huff and puff, but at least this round, he did not blow the House down.

And with the holdouts saying it's basically not bad enough, it gives a couple of Senate Republicans cover. Maybe they figured out a way to thwart Trump, not that I trust Republicans by any means, but it's likely the only possible solution, acting as if you could only get on board if the bill is somehow made worse.

I mean these are people who nominally represent a section of the population as part of the federal government, and while they're fully capable of lying endlessly, I have no other reason to believe they don't speak for the majority in their districts in this instance. And damn near all the other Republicans openly support taking the bill for its final vote, as ugly as it already is. The only reason Johnson's left hilariously waving his dick in the wind right now is that the senate version of the BUBBA TRUMP bill isn't evil enough.

These paragons of cartoon evil will likely succumb to corruption, so Republicans can probably get this monstrosity passed in the next 12 hours.

medicaid and SNAP recipients, are opposing the 'motion to proceed' on the bill
because it would not hurt those American citizens ' enough ' ....


Publicly they want more 'deficit reduction'---
but such cuts by their "ideals" can only come from the social safety net, and nowhere else


I applaud them for having the courage of their misplaced convictions
to halt this bill, even against the rage of Trump,
although their reasons for doing so are completely against our own ideals...

And from what he says they're still nine more that have not voted. He says this is the longest vote in the history of the house that it Mike Johnson has kept it open and people are dragging their feet...

Is anybody actually watching this do we have a thread going on that?

Cracks in the armor division in the ranks I will take all of that as a win for now..
Good night I got to go to bed it's almost midnight here on the West Coast LOL but I guess it's past two back there!

What's going on?!? Did it pass or not?!? I thought the 4 GOP holdouts were pretty solid.

I don't want to be here anymore. It's so damn depressing 24/7 for 8 years. This is pure torture.

The GOP sadists want to first bankrupt us then kill us, in that order.

The Senate version will pass at 8 am or so without any changes to derail it

I’m sure this was because the party allowed his symbolic “no” because it’s meaningless now, he’s done this before. This is probably the one district that’s most likely to go blue in the country. But if they’d needed his vote, he’d be kissing ass like all the rest.

They'd cast their vote with their lips literally pressed to Trump's ass, if they could manage of it.

There is no such thing as a principled Republican.