Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House are betting that the bill full of President Trump’s priorities is so big — and so “beautiful,” at least in the eyes of the president — that it cannot fail.

House GOP leaders are charging ahead with plans to vote on the legislation, officially titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as soon as Wednesday night, even as hard-line conservatives continue to withhold support over concerns about deficit spending — a posture that could result in an embarrassing setback if holdouts sink the package.

The White House is pushing for the House to hold a vote on the legislation Wednesday evening, an administration official told The Hill.

The long impasse has forced House Rules Committee members into a purgatorial cycle: They’ve been debating the package for more than 15 hours, but they can’t wrap up because there’s no final bill to vote on as lawmakers haggle over last-minute tweaks.

The strategy, to be sure, is a gamble: A failed vote would deal a blow to Johnson and Trump and risks sapping the wind from their sails heading into a long Memorial Day recess. The Speaker and a smattering of other Republican leaders, nonetheless, look ready to ante up, repeating the same message throughout the week: “Failure is not an option.”

“We have to get this done,” Johnson said Tuesday. “I told President Trump on the campaign trail that I believed he could be the most........

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