House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) push to move three major pieces of legislation this week is back on track, at least for now, after the House Rules Committee advanced a procedural rule setting up consideration on the floor.
The House Rules Committee voted 9 to 4 shortly after 7 p.m. to advance the rule for an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the farm bill, and a party-line budget resolution to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security.
The vote to pass the procedural rule came after Republican leadership also made a two-part deal with different GOP factions to attach a ban on central digital bank currency to the three-year FISA extension demanded by privacy hawks, as well as tack on a bill to allow the year-round sale of E15, as asked for by rural Republicans.
GOP leadership is aiming for a 10:30 a.m. rule vote on
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