House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is fighting a battle of inches as he tries to secure the last few votes he needs to get President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" across the finish line. Why it matters: Johnson is racing against the clock to meet Republicans' self-imposed deadline to pass the marquee tax and spending bill,

By Wednesday evening, enough Republicans remained opposed to the Senate’s version of the bill to effectively stall its passage in the House.

The House remained frozen in place all day Wednesday as party leaders labored to address the concerns of Republican holdouts who were resisting changes the Senate made to the party’s major policy bill.