House Republicans pushed a three-bill spending package through a key procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon after a hard-liner revolt threatened to derail the underlying bill.
Republicans stayed largely united on a test vote to advance the package with a 214-212 vote that would fund the Departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior and Justice, as well as water programs, the EPA and federal science initiatives through Sept. 30.
But it didn’t come easy. A dozen GOP lawmakers withheld their vote, prompting Speaker Mike Johnson and House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) to launch a real-time whip operation on the House floor. More…
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