GOP member presses Johnson to hold vote on DHS funding as conservatives balk

Republican Rep. Nick Langworthy is pushing Speaker Mike Johnson to call up the stalled Homeland Security funding bill passed by the Senate for an immediate House vote following the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that targeted President Donald Trump and top federal officials.

Langworthy, a New Yorker who sits on the House Rules Committee and is strongly aligned with Johnson, told the speaker Monday he is urging “immediate consideration” of the Senate-approved bill funding most of DHS, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.

Facing a Republican rebellion in their ranks, Johnson and fellow GOP leaders have been…

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