For those of you who like live legislative action to play from your TV or smartphone as background noise to whatever you're doing, I have bad news for you: The week of the long speeches is over. After the Senate's vote-a-rama on the One Big Beautiful Bill reconciliation spending plan lasted for over 24 hours before being passed on Tuesday,

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for hours to delay a final vote on Republicans’ massive tax and spending cuts legislation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the Democrat’s speech delaying a vote on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful” spending bill. Johnson said Republicans are eager to pass Trump’s bill in the lower chamber but must wait for Jeffries to finish his speech,

Some House Democrats are complaining to reporters about Hakeem Jeffries putting a wrench in their Fourth of July plans with his marathon speech. The post House Democrats Grumble Over Hakeem Jeffries’s Marathon Speech on Trump Bill Messing With Their Fourth of July Plans first appeared on Mediaite.