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In the latest sign of trouble for Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s spending bill, members of the Freedom Caucus, incensed over the package, are demanding a vote on steep funding cuts.<\/p>\n

The group laid out what it wants in an X post on Tuesday night<\/a>, including needing 72 hours to review the 1,550-page stopgap spending bill as well as two votes on conservative priorities, one on huge non-defense funding cuts and another on an amendment meant to preserve unused border wall material.<\/p>\n

The Freedom Caucus said the three things should be included as part of a rule, which would govern the debate on the House floor for the short-term funding bill. The stopgap package as written would fund the government into mid-March as well as provide aid for natural disasters and farmers, among other things.<\/p>\n

Members of the group appear to already be conceding that they won\u2019t get their demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all we asked for, and we\u2019re trying to help the conference \u2026 even though I hate all this garbage and we couldn\u2019t get that,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said during an interview with Glenn Beck on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But Roy has filed legislation \u2014 known as the Disaster Offset and Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Act \u2014 laying out the changes to spending that the group is pushing for.<\/p>\n

Johnson has said that he wants to, ideally, move the short-term spending bill through the Rules Committee and to the floor under a rule. Passing it through the Rules panel would require Johnson to win over three potential roadblocks on the committee, including Roy and Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n

Not to mention, Johnson would need nearly unified support from his conference to get it to the floor, which would be a tall order at this point.<\/p>\n

Johnson hasn\u2019t yet publicly landed on a strategy as he continues to negotiate with his conference. But some members expect the current funding bill to come to the floor under suspension, which requires a two-thirds threshold for passage on the House floor. With dozens of Republicans expected to oppose the bill, Johnson will need to lean on Democrats for support.<\/p>\n

Roy added in the interview that Republicans aren\u2019t \u201ctaking it though the Rules Committee\u201d and that the short-term spending bill could come up under suspension as soon as Wednesday, though he said the \u201crough plan\u201d is currently Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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