India, July 3 -- The Republicans backing US President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful' tax bill appeared to have lost numbers in a key procedural vote in the House of Representatives.

A video surfaced on social media, showing the Democrats erupting in cheers as four Republicans voted no on the resolution to move the bill to a debate. The Republicans can only afford to lose three votes.

The Republican leadership plans to keep the vote open as long as it takes as part of a pressure campaign to convince GOP holdouts to fold and allow the House to move on to Trump's bill. GOP leaders believe they can call hardliners' bluff after marathon talks during an earlier seven-hour procedural vote, though some of those same members have declared they ...