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to fund the government temporarily after some infighting within the GOP conference threatened the spending deal’s fate.from the Rules Committee on Monday night to avoid the legislation being advanced under traditional House rules. Instead, the House will vote on the bill under suspension of rules, meaning it will require a two-thirds majority vote to pass but will avoid a procedural hurdle that could have doomed its passage thanks to Republican infighting.
With House Republicans’ current majority, Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose three GOP votes on the rule before it fails, assuming there are no absences and all Democrats vote against it. Even though Democrats are expected to support the three-month CR, it’s rare for lawmakers to cross party lines to support a rule package.
The last-minute decision to pull the CR out of Rules consideration came as a surprise to some members of the committee, including Democratic ranking member Jim McGovern .
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