House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy struck a deal last week that, after days of a stalemate in his bid to be speaker, swayed even his staunchest critics. McCarthy for weeks has been making concessions to win over his most hard-lined conservative colleagues.
includes a resolution establishing a House select committee on the "weaponization of the federal government."
McCarthy also agreed to vote individually on 12 appropriation bills, rather than one omnibus spending bill, per CNN., which lets lawmakers amend appropriations legislation and reduce the salary of government officials.The rules package also includes votes on bills relating to key sticking points for conservative lawmakers, including on border security and abortion, among other areas.
"That's going to undermine the health, the safety and the wellbeing of the American people," Jeffries said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "It may undermine national security and a robust defense and undermine our ability to actually advance an agenda that is anchored in kitchen table pocketbook issues, and not extremism."The House is set to vote Monday on the rules package and some Republican lawmakers have already
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