House Republicans were way down in the count. They were desperately trying to pass a procedural motion on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to set up a final vote to approve it. The political stakes couldn’t be higher. All 212 House Democrats quickly voted no, and at one point in the middle of the night, the roll call was stuck at 207 for and 217 against, with five Republican no votes and 8 GOP lawmakers not yet voting. Most of the eight were threa…