Jeffries has been speaking since approximately 4:55 a.m. after the House cleared a procedural hurdle on Trump's mega bill.

By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News

The House of Representatives' progress on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" has temporarily come to a screeching halt thanks to the chamber's top Democrat.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., began speaking in the chamber minutes before 5 a.m. and appears to be poised for hours more.

One GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital that Jeffries was seen arriving with multiple binders, one of which he read from for roughly three hours. If the rest of the binders also hold portions of his speech, the New York Democrat could keep the House floor paused into the afternoon.

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