Trump explodes the Republicans blocking the vote of the “major bill” procedure

President Donald Trump went to Truth Social early Thursday to call the Republicans who still refuse to put themselves behind a procedural vote of the Chamber on the “major bill”.

The vote having been blocked on Wednesday evening – with five republican “no” and eight other Republicans who have not yet voted – the president has presented the advantages that the country is about to win with the adoption of the bill.

“The biggest tax reductions in history and a booming economy compared to the greatest increase in history taxes, and a failed economy,” wrote Trump on Truth Social before transforming his anger into a GOP restraint: “What are the Republicans waiting ??? What are you trying to prove ??? Maga is not happy, and that costs you votes !!!”

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US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists on the South lawn before climbing the Navy One and leaving the White House on July 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump goes to Ochopee, Florida, to visit a newly constructed immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump later wrote that the vote should be an “yes” for the Republicans, calling the refusal of the retained voting, “ridiculous”.

A procedural “rule” vote allows legislators to debate before a final vote on the “major bill” before he went to the president’s office for a signature.

Until early Thursday, the republicans of the following room were a non -procedural vote: the representatives Andrew Clyde de Georgie, Brian Fitzpatrick de Pennsylvanie, Keith Self from Texas, Victoria SPARTZ from Indiana, and Thomas Massie de Kentucky – who changed his vote from a “yay” to a “Nay”.

When he was asked why he had changed votes, Massie told Fox News Digital, “because most of the world is not concerned about the difference between the voting of the rules and the final adoption vote”.

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The following Republican legislators have not yet voted: Josh Brecheen representatives of Oklahoma, Tim Burchett du Tennessee, Eric Burlison du Missouri, Michael Cloud of Texas, Andy Harris from Maryland, Bob Onder du Missouri, Scott Perry de Pennsylvania and Chip Roy from Texas.

Representative Thomas Massie, r-ky., Arrives from the Caucus meeting of the Republican Conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images)

Leaving a room with others selected and criticism of the bill just after 1 a.m. on Thursday, Bucchett told journalists: “We are getting closer, I think, to resolve something.”

He doesn’t say how he would vote for legislation.

GOP legislators cannot afford to lose three votes. The Republican leaders have now kept the vote of the rule open for more than four hours to try to put pressure on the selected to obtain a majority vote.

The president of the Chamber, Mike Johnson, had recalled the legislators in Washington, wishing to take the dynamics of the adoption of the bill the day before in the Senate and swore to move forward.

“Everyone wants to get to yes,” Johnson told Fox News when the vote was underway.

The American president of the Mike Johnson room (R-La) speaks to the media after the Chamber has narrowly adopted a bill transmitting President Donald Trump’s agenda to the American Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)

Design quickly for the vote on the bill of more than 800 pages was Risky Gambit, designed to meet Trump’s demand for a holiday finish. The Republicans fought powerfully with the bill almost at each stage of the way this year, often succeeding in the closest margins, a single vote.

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Their thin majority 220-212, leaving little room for defections.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.