GOP Funding Package Fails

The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s government funding package, a major embarrassment for the House Republican leadership, Punchbowl News reports.

The vote was 202 to 220 with two House Republicans voting present.

NOTUS: “Even if Johnson always intended to illustrate to Republicans that they have to work with Democrats to pass a funding bill — shorn of the GOP provisions on requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote — 16 defections will sting for Johnson.”

“But the embarrassment may be the point. The writing wasn’t just on the wall for the doomed fate of this bill; it was etched into the marble of the House chamber.”