Over a dozen Republicans voted alongside 206 Democrats Wednesday to block Speaker Mike Johnson’s revived funding just a week after he originally pulled the bill from the floor due to lack of support.
Johnson’s continuing resolution failed in the House 202-220 with 14 Republicans voting to block the funding bill. The CR was originally set to be voted on last week, but was pulled by the speaker the day of due to pushback from his Republican colleagues who cited fiscal concerns about the bill.
“There is nothing more bipartisan in this town than the appropriators and the defense contractors showing up to screw the American people,” a senior Republican aide told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “That is truly the last bipartisan effort in this town.”
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Speaker Johnson said the House will vote Wednesday on a six-month funding bill to avert a government shutdown. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“We understand the frustration with CRs — too often they are just an excuse to kick the can down the road,” Republican Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas wrote in a Daily Caller News Foundation op-ed. “But faced with the certainty of a CR or the disaster of an omnibus that no doubt will include provisions designed to hamstring a Trump presidency, we choose the path that best preserves our ability to fight for conservative principles and policies.”
Johnson abruptly pulled the CR last week the day of the scheduled vote in order to “build consensus” within the party before he eventually reintroduced the funding bill on Wednesday…
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