The House limited the days leaders can seek to move legislation under suspension of the rules — a fast track process frequently used to fund the government — as one of the changes in a rules package adopted for the 119th Congress this evening. It passed, 215-209.
- Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can only entertain a motion to suspend the rules, meaning a bill needs a two-thirds bipartisan majority but not a party-line procedural vote, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays under the new package.
- By reverting to suspension rules in place before Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was speaker, hard-right conservatives want ...