The House set a new record for the longest vote in the history of the chamber Wednesday night, surpassing seven hours and 24 minutes on a vote to advance a trio of cryptocurrency bills as Republican leaders worked behind the scenes to get a handful of GOP holdouts on board.

The chamber officially broke the record at 8:43 p.m. as the vote on a rule — which governs debate for legislation — remained open. The previous record had been set roughly two weeks earlier, when a vote on the rule for the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” stalled for more than seven hours.

As of 9:30 p.m., the vote on the rule for the cryptocurrency bills remained open at a 208-221........

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