The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” hit a wall late Wednesday night when a group of hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans combined forces to stall the sprawling package.

Lawmakers returned to the House chamber at 9:30 p.m. — after an hours-long delay — to hold a procedural vote that would open up debate on the megabill and tee up a vote on final passage.

The effort, however, stopped in its tracks after three hardline conservatives — Reps. Keith Self (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) — voted against the rule, along with centrist Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.). Nine other Republicans declined to vote altogether, denying Republican leaders the majority needed to open debate on the megabill.

With all Democrats opposing the package, the vote remained stuck at 207-216 for a time, before Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) voted to support the measure shortly after 11 p.m. That momentum in favor of the bill was quickly negated, however, when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who voted against the megabill in the House last month, switched his vote on the rule from “yes” to “no,” setting GOP leaders back some more.

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