WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives was headed toward a final vote Thursday to pass President Trump’s sprawling tax-and-spending bill, after party leaders worked through resistance from a handful of rank-and-file members.

Rep. Jeffries says he will ‘take my sweet time’ to hold up Trump bill vote In a passionate floor speech as the House drew near to a final vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted what he called President Donald Trump’s “big ugly bill.”

The deeply divided House is moving to take up President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package after a group of Republican holdouts reversed course and agreed to allow the bill to come to the floor,