House GOP leaders brought their budget resolution to the floor for the vote, just minutes after pulling it at the last minute Tuesday evening as they struggled to win over a handful of conservative fiscal hawks who had threatened to tank the framework for President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda.

In a stunning scene on the House floor, top Republican lawmakers decided to scrap plans to vote on the measure after lobbying holdouts in the chamber for more than an hour. They kept the previous vote open for far longer than anticipated, allowing leaders to speak with those opposed to the measure.

GOP leaders just minutes later reversed course, bringing the bill to the floor and opening the vote, seemingly signaling it had the support to pass.

Trump on Monday and Tuesday had personally talked to holdouts — who included fiscal hawks skeptical about its effect on deficits and moderates concerned about potential cuts to Medicaid — trying to get their support for the “one big beautiful bill.”

That effort appears to have failed, before the sudden reversal.

The measure outlines broad parameters for a package that will include Trump’s tax, border, and energy priorities, as........

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