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GOP Rep. Has To Be Woken Up During Roll Call After Pulling An All-Nighter—And Oops

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Republican Rep. Blake Moore had to be woken up by a GOP colleague to vote during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting early Wednesday morning after being up all night.

Utah Republican Representative Blake Moore had social media aghast after video showed he had to be woken up by one of his GOP colleagues to vote during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting early Wednesday morning after pulling an all-nighter.

The House Ways and Means Committee worked through the night Tuesday as Republicans pushed forward key elements of President Donald Trump’s plan to extend tax cuts in ongoing budget negotiations. The marathon session extended into the early hours of Wednesday, and just before 5 a.m. ET, cameras caught Moore asleep in his chair as his turn to vote arrived.


Laughter could be seen among lawmakers seated behind Moore as his name was called twice without a response. Eventually, Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach gave him a nudge, prompting Moore to wake up, chuckle, cast a "no" vote on a Democratic amendment, and take a playful bow.

The moment you hear a voice say, "Mr. Moore? Mr. Moore?" is priceless.

While late nights are nothing new on Capitol Hill, Moore admitted that Wednesday's session marked his first full “all-nighter” since joining Congress. After roughly 15 hours of debate, he said he wasn’t alone in catching some rest—just less discreet than others.

He said:

“All my other colleagues were in the back room dozing off; they just were smart enough not to do it on camera."

The video quickly went viral—and people had thoughts.

Despite the moment going viral, Moore downplayed the mishap, emphasizing the significance of the hearing on President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget and tax proposal—described by Trump as “one, big beautiful bill.” Moore said the legislation is the result of over a year’s work and stressed that it aims to spur business growth and improve Americans’ personal well-being through targeted tax relief.

Lawmakers on the Budget Committee are expected to convene Friday to assemble the sprawling legislation—an effort to consolidate hundreds of pages of bill text encompassing $5 trillion in tax cuts and at least $1.5 trillion in cuts to programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and green energy incentives.

Democrats have blasted the proposal as a windfall for the wealthy that slashes essential safety net programs relied upon by millions of Americans. But House Speaker Mike Johnson has defended the package as a cornerstone of Trump’s second-term legislative agenda and said the GOP-led House remains “on track” to pass the bill by Memorial Day, May 26.

The bill’s fate, however, hinges on Johnson’s ability to hold his narrow majority together, as Senate Republicans work in parallel to craft their own version of the legislation.

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