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National Review: Conservative News, Opinion, Politics, Policy, & Current Events

National Review: Conservative News, Opinion, Politics, Policy, & Current Events

Republican Rank and File Frustration with Leadership Builds as Government Shutdown Looms

National Review: Conservative News, Opinion, Politics, Policy, & Current Events
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is planning to move to the floor this afternoon with an amended version of the 116 -page government funding bill that failed to pass last night .

The bill failed in a 174 -235 vote with one member voting present, marking yet another example of Johnson ’s inability to count votes and read his own conference.

Another option was to break up the bill into separate components and hold different votes on a clean continuing resolution to fund the government through mid-March , pass billions in disaster relief and emergency aid to farmers.

Johnson 's fate may also be in the hands of Trump , who helped him stave off threats to his speakership in the spring .

Members like Thomas Massie ( R. , Ky. ) a perennial thorn in Johnson ’s side continue to flirt publicly with opposing Johnson for speaker next year .