Conservatives tank procedural vote in revolt against Johnson’s spending deal

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 Conservatives tank procedural vote in revolt against Johnson’s spending deal
by Mychael Schnell - 01/10/24 2:39 PM ET
A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote on 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. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah), the vice chair of the House GOP conference, changed his vote to oppose the rule shortly before the vote closed, a move that allows him to bring up the rule for another vote at a later time.

The show of opposition came days after Johnson unveiled a deal on topline spending numbers for the remainder of fiscal year 2024. Conservatives have railed against the deal for not cutting spending enough.

Congress is staring down Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 shutdown deadlines.

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[Maj. Bill Martin]

Thirteen Republicans joined with Democrats.

Why would Democrats join with House "conservatives"? What's their endgame?

My guess is that they know the end result of GOP infighting will be a fracturing of the caucus, which in turn will make it easier for them to peel off moderate GOP members to support a bill that is even more favorable to Democrat interests.