The procedural "rule" vote was 219-213, with one Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, joining all Democrats in opposition. At one point, five Republicans had voted "no" on the rule, while eight others did not vote, but Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., managed to sway them overnight.

The president exhorted Republicans to get behind the bill after efforts to pass it ran into resistance. Speaker Mike Johnson predicted a final vote by about 8 a.m.

The deeply divided House is moving to take up President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package after a group of Republican holdouts reversed course and agreed to allow the bill to come to the floor,