Video shot during the long debates and votes on some provisions of a main reconciliation bill partly containing aspects of Trump’s tax policy, caught Utah Congressman Blake Moore stealing a quick nap from his drowsiness. Session for House Ways and Means Committee, May 14, 2025, was one of those special nights that stretched past midnight: actually alarmingly stretched into a tiring 18 hours.
Congressman Blake Moore Short Nap
In what must have been a fascinating twist, cameras caught Minnesota Rep. Michelle Fischbach trying to revive Blake Moore at his time of voting. The dramatic little intervening moment took place at around 5 a.m. ET after hours of harrowing debate over a bill seen as probably one of the most important social programs of the year.
Fellow lawmakers laughed, while Blake Moore himself confirmed the episode by calling it a “quick power nap.” Meanwhile, clips of the moment are popping up on social media, with even BBC coverage of the incident now in circulation.
Marathon Session Strain
The ankle-setting-long meeting, which by then had already dragged on into the day before, illustrated the grueling schedules that members of Congress put up with just to be able to consummate a critical piece of legislation like this one. Debby Dingell, Jan Schakowsky, and others mentioned hours that were just far beyond her reach.
Proposals for cuts to Medicaid and food stamps in this bill fueled tempers in the conversation even more. Inside those painful sessions, news reports added: “Senators would be mentioning such instances from around the country [as noticeable from the Star Tribune].” It, too, would have happened during basis grueling congressional session, as seen in the article about the Ben and Jerry’s Founder Arrested at a Congressional Hearing.
Responses and Context
Polarities stretched from using the House to make a joke clear to those arguing its very basis: that of the efficiency of output in stretched and endless sessions of the legislature. Some commentators fretted that such critical legislative pieces would not be dealt with under optimum working conditions, albeit under the current structural fatigue.
The House committee on the budget is expected to take up the bill, very likely forwarding it to President Trump by about July 4. Eyes on politics hardly stray, as this is well demonstrated in the article on 8 Critical Questions about Qatar Aircraft for President Trump.
