A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.
Thirteen Republicans joined with Democrats to vote against the rule for a trio of bills, preventing the chamber from debating and voting on the measures — which are unrelated to spending. […]
The final tally was 203-216. Republican leadership canceled an afternoon vote series following the revolt.
The show of opposition came days after Johnson unveiled a deal on top-line spending numbers for the remainder of fiscal 2024. Conservatives have railed against the deal for not cutting spending enough.
Congress is staring down Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 shutdown deadlines.
Emphasis mine.
Looks like Democrats voted against because the Republicans were trying to squeeze in bills that had nothing to do with spending, and 13 republicans voted against it because the spending bills didn’t cut spending enough.
Who could have seen this coming? Besides everyone, of course.
These ideological purists will not stop until we all give up and give them what they want every time. I love that people line up for the job of corralling them, only to find out that any form of governance will be met with vehement opposition, just because there was enough compromise to actually pass something. Compromise is their poison pill.
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