House GOP leaders managed to finally clear a rule for the farm bill, a three-year FISA extension and a budget resolution for immigration enforcement spending, after a lengthy Rules Committee hearing Tuesday.
But some Republicans are already threatening to tank the rule when it heads to the floor Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. — leaving a huge task for Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team as they wrangle votes. Johnson can only lose a couple of GOP votes with full attendance for the party-line rule vote.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told POLITICO Tuesday night the rule’s fate was at risk in part because of GOP leaders’ plan to tack on language to green-light sales of year-round E15 gasoline blend. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced Tuesday she would vote against the rule after many of her amendments introduced in the Rules hearing were voted down. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) also suggested in an X post she will vote against the rule Wednesday.
