Mike Johnson stokes conservative backlash with NCAA-friendly sports bill

Mike Johnson stokes conservative backlash with NCAA-friendly sports bill

A spat over college sports nearly derailed House business for the week as a trio of conservatives vented that leadership was pressing too hard for the SCORE Act, a bill that regulates pay for student-athletes. Three House Republicans voted “no” on what ordinarily is a routine procedural vote on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that lawmakers had not been given enough opportunity to amend the bill. The hurdle, known as a rule vote, eventually passed w…