House Speaker Mike Johnson has slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the Democrat’s speech delaying a vote on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful” spending bill. Johnson said Republicans are eager to pass Trump’s bill in the lower chamber but must wait for Jeffries to finish his speech,

Rep. Jeffries says he will ‘take my sweet time’ to hold up Trump bill vote In a passionate floor speech as the House drew near to a final vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted what he called President Donald Trump’s “big ugly bill.”