House GOP breaks weeks-long standoff between Republican leaders and hardliners
The 215-211 vote advances a slate of bills after leaders promised a border security markup and moved to attach a voter ID measure to spending legislation.
- The House adopted a floor rule in a 215-211 vote on Tuesday after GOP leaders promised a border security markup before August recess and agreed to attach the voter-ID SAVE America Act to a spending bill.
- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and other Republican hardliners had demanded movement on White House immigration policies, blocking floor business until leadership capitulated to their conditions for passage.
- Luna wrote on social media Monday that she would allow the House to "try" the MIRV process for now, but warned Senate Majority Leader John Thune: "If John Thune strips it out in the Senate, that will be on him."
- Speaker Johnson, R-La., sent the House home roughly 24 hours after they gaveled in for the week, granting lawmakers an early and extended July Fourth holiday following the successful vote.
- Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Tuesday the conference held "a lot of meetings" on immigration legislation but remained "not in agreement on the next approach" for future policy.
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GOP hardliners lift U.S. House blockade, challenges remain
(The Center Square) – A group of Republican hardliners in the U.S. House finally lifted its blockade of the floor, allowing a critical national security funding bill to advance Tuesday.
Johnson scores win as conservative rebels end House floor blockade over voter ID bill
House conservatives ended their weeks-long blockade, handing Speaker Mike Johnson a key procedural vote victory on State Department funding and veterans' benefits legislation.
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