India, July 3 -- The US House of Representatives carried out a procedural vote on President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill on Wednesday ahead of the key deadline of July 4 set by the President to get the bill passed. The latest procedural vote turned out to be a setback for the GOP House Reps backing Trump, as one more Congressman flipped, taking the total tally of votes against to four.

The House GOP needs 217 votes to get the bill passed. In the latest test vote, 181 Republicans voted in favor, four voted against, and 35 did not vote. The four GOP House Reps. who voted against the bill were Andrew Clyd, Victoria Sparta, Keith Self and Brian Fitzpatrick.

The test vote on Wednesday came after reassurances by the Trump team to hold...