By Wednesday evening, enough Republicans remained opposed to the Senate’s version of the bill to effectively stall its passage in the House.

After casting their “no” votes, reporters saw both Fitzpatrick and Self immediately leave the chamber. Johnson and leadership are now tasked with tracking down the dissenters and holdouts to convince them that the “big, beautiful bill” is the “best product we could produce” in order to move forward.

While there is no direct evidence that the Ukraine weapons freeze caused the bill’s failure, social media users, including analysts, speculated that Brian Fitzpatrick might be opposing the bill due to his frustration with the weapons decision. Read More: Bill Beautiful Bill House vote: What happens if there's a tie? Can Mike Johnson pass the bill?