House Republicans closed out the week by canceling votes on two party-line funding bills in the span of 48 hours, a setback for new Speaker Mike Johnson and a sign of persisting dysfunction in the chamber ahead of a key funding deadline.
They pulled a transportation-housing bill late Tuesday as some coastal Republicans opposed cuts to Amtrak. And they yanked a financial services and general government measure on Thursday morning that included divisive anti-abortion language.
It’s a step backward for Johnson, R-La., who had hoped to show progress on appropriations bills championed by his party’s conservative wing in order to secure their votes to pass a short-term bill that would keep the government open beyond the Nov. 17 deadline.
“I don’t think the Lord Jesus himself could manage this group,” said Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas.
I think it’s presumptuous to assume that Lord Jesus wants anything to do with them.
For real. I can’t name a group more gleefully sinful and un-Christ-like than the modern GOP.
“Are you saying Jesus Christ can’t hit a curve ball?!”