Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, told Newsmax on Thursday that House Democrats are fearmongering with President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was slated for a final vote for passage later in the day.

Using a procedural perk known as “magic minutes,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., took control of the House floor indefinitely early Thursday in a bid to delay Republicans from passing the budget reconciliation package before the president’s stated July 4 deadline.

Jeffries wrote on X just before 5 a.m. ET that he was speaking “in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill” that he claims will be “devastating to everyday Americans.”

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