House Conservatives Block Spending Bill in Setback for Johnson

Published on November 15, 2023

House Republicans handed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) a legislative loss on Nov. 15 by blocking consideration of a spending bill just one day after passing a stop-gap funding measure to keep the government open into the next year. Eighteen Republicans joined 207 Democrats in torpedoing a procedural vote on legislation that would fund the Departments of Commerce and Justice and other agencies for fiscal year 2024. Fiscal hawks in the Republican conference continue to speak highly of Mr. Johnson. But they insist that longstanding practices that deny individual members a voice in spending decisions be changed and reckless overspending checked. The failed vote marks the third time the new speaker has been unable to move a spending bill through the House since assuming office on Oct. 25 and continues the months-long intra-party conflict over how aggressively to pursue Republican objectives....

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