The U.S. House of Representatives reconvened in Washington on Wednesday to take up President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping, multi-trillion-dollar tax-and-spending package that cleared the Senate a day earlier. With Independence Day approaching and bad weather grounding scores of flights, lawmakers resorted to unconventional travel arrangements to make the vote. Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, completed a 12-hour overnight drive from her district in a chartered van after her flight was canceled, arriving minutes before the first procedural vote in pink heart-patterned pajamas. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty, recovering from eye and knee surgeries, also returned to the Capitol, underscoring the lengths members took to be present. Mace’s attire drew both lighthearted attention and criticism over congressional decorum, but it highlighted the urgency surrounding final passage of the nearly 900-page legislation. The House is expected to vote later Wednesday, setting up the prospect of a July 4 signing ceremony at the White House if the measure passes.
Nancy Mace's overnight 'party bus' antics in pink PJs to rush back for vote on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill https://t.co/nPjTyE9IYc
Nancy Mace isn’t a serious person. I’m over her political theatrics. https://t.co/YAN1Hy6pbL
Rep. Nancy Mace arrives at the Capitol in pajamas to vote on the Big Beautiful Bill. https://t.co/IX3uZxtebw