Donald Trump wants the huge tax and spend bill passed by Friday - when the US celebrates Independence Day - but it has been held up in Congress.

House Republican leaders appear to have made a breakthrough in securing enough votes to pass President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act before the self-imposed July 4 deadline. Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he had secured the necessary votes to advance the legislation,

A roll call that started late Wednesday finally closed almost six hours later, a highly unusual stall on a procedural step.