Final megabill votes are secured, GOP leaders say

House Republican leaders said early Thursday morning they have made a breakthrough with the megabill holdouts and are preparing to advance the legislation in the coming hours.

Speaker Mike Johnson, heading onto the House floor around 2 a.m., said he had secured the votes to proceed and that final passage of the GOP’s domestic policy bill will follow later in the morning. A vote on the procedural measure setting up final consideration remains open after several hours of voting. “Hopefully in the next hour we get that done,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said of completing that vote.

Once the House approves the procedural measure, it will…

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