The US House concluded the long saga of the Big Beautiful Bill Thursday, July 3, by voting to pass the Senate’s amended version of the massive spending package. Throughout the actual voting process over the last several days – and across both chambers of Congress – Democrats did their best to gum up the works.

The final vote was called just after 2 p.m. America had its answer before 2:30. As Liberty Nation News Editor-in-Chief Mark Angelides reported this morning, the final procedural hurdle was cleared early in the morning, beginning the allegedly one-hour process of debate before this final vote. That hour stretched into over ten hours, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spending more than eight-and-a-half of that talking about … well, just about everything, from the bill itself to letters from constituents to personal family stories.

When Jeffries yielded back his time – as minority leader, that time was, apparently, theoretically unlimited – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) stood and opened a large binder, mimicking Rep. Jeffries, who read from one binder after another throughout much of his time, before closing it and quipping about his ideological opponent’s efforts. “You know Ronald Reagan said one time that no speech should be longer than 20 minutes, and unlike the Democrat leader, I’m gonna honor my colleagues’ time and be a little more brief than that,” the speaker declared. He went on to give, as promised, relatively brief remarks before allowing the final vote.

As uncertain as the reconciliation bill’s fate seemed when the House convened, the GOP seemed largely unified – if not for the Big Beautiful Bill, then, at least, against the Democrats who wasted so many hours of their lives. As the House passed the Senate’s greatly amended package. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries must wonder if his delay tactic, in fact, backfired.

And, so, President Donald Trump gets his Independence Day wish. Well before the final vote, the White House announced a signing ceremony for 5 p.m. Eastern on July 4. Now, thanks to the House and Senate GOP – and quite likely Hakeem Jeffries – that’s an appointment Trump can keep.