Trump's megabill faces high-stakes US House vote amid divisions
House lawmakers were returning to Washington from a holiday week to vote on Wednesday on the Senate version of the bill, which squeaked through that chamber on Vice-President J.D. Vance's tiebreaking vote.
The House passed its own version of the measure in May by a one-vote margin. But several Republicans who were strong-armed into voting for that bill were vowing to oppose the
Senate-passed measure , putting Trump's self-imposed July 4 deadline at risk.
House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose only three Republican votes in the face of unified Democratic opposition, if all members are present and voting. Republicans Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie, who voted against the bill in May, remain firm no votes.
Johnson's No 2, Steve Scalise, projected optimism on Tuesday. 'We're going to get it done tomorrow,' he told reporters.
But Congressman Chip Roy, a hardline conservative who balked at the cost of the House's earlier bill but ultimately supported it, said 'a significant number' of lawmakers were concerned about the Senate version of the bill.
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