Republican rebels BLOCK Pentagon funding bill in gut punch to Kevin McCarthy: GOP civil war intensifies as five including Marjorie Taylor Greene sink key vote with just nine days until government shutdown
Daily Mail
Sep 21, 2023
MTG, typically a McCarthy ally, had previously voted for the rule for defense and flipped their vote on Thursday
The House failed to advance the 2024 defense spending bill for the second time on Thursday in a stunning blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his team of leaders.
The typically widely popular bill had been loaded up with conservative riders that turned off Democrats and was meant to attract right wing Republicans.
The House voted against the rule to begin debate on the defense appropriations bill 216 to 212. It was the second time this week a vote on the rule for the defense spending bill failed and the third time a rule vote has failed this Congress.
Six Republicans voted with Democrats to oppose the rule. Rep. Dan Bishop (N.C.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Matt Rosendale (Mont.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Eli Crane (Ariz.) opposed the rule and Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) voted against it only so he could bring it up again later under House rules .
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