House to vote on 2 amendments to $1.2T funding package

House Republican leaders will allow floor votes on two amendments to the $1.2 trillion funding package they are trying to pass Thursday, including proposals to nix some earmarks and block enforcement of vehicle “kill switch” technology.

The House Rules Committee voted Thursday morning to set up floor action on the four bills top appropriators released this week following a bipartisan, bicameral breakthrough on funding for the vast majority of the federal government, including the Pentagon and the largest domestic agencies.

Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and other Midwestern lawmakers had threatened to block movement of the funding package without an…

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