Republican leaders in the House are expressing optimism about a possible breakthrough within their conference over government spending after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spent two and a half hours in a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file lawmakers to continue negotiations.
The House will reconvene to vote to begin debate on the annual defense appropriations bill after a handful of GOP defectors sank the bill earlier this week, marking the first sign of progress on spending legislation since Congress returned from recess last week.“We had a great discussion. I think we’ve got a plan to move forward going to DOD [appropriations] and then going to a number of other appropriations bills,” McCarthy said.
However, more than a dozen conservatives came out against the deal, prompting an emergency meeting with the House majority whip’s office on Wednesday morning to discuss a path forward. McCarthy unveiled a proposal during the meeting, which several members, such as Norman, said had swayed their opinion on supporting a continuing resolution.
They had previously blocked the rule on the defense appropriations bill on Tuesday because McCarthy had not agreed to a top-line. But, this would allow them to support the rule, and some of the holdouts are expressing they now plan to vote for it. While some holdouts, such as Norman and Good, came out of the conference meeting in support of the proposed measure, others were still against it.
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