Republican Congressman Chuck Fleischmann explains why he voted in favor of Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” and tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer if he’s concerned about the bill’s impact on next year’s midterm elections.

The House floor was in suspended animation all afternoon and evening and then again through midnight as GOP leaders held votes open. For a while, there were five Republicans voting against a procedural motion—enough to block the bill—and Trump was posting on social media to urge them to get in line. They relented after 3 a.m.

Here’s what’s in Trump’s GOP megabill and how it will affect Texans” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and