Well … sorta. After trying to extend government operations by CRomnibus and then in a mainly clean continuing resolution attached to a debt ceiling hike, House Speaker Mike Johnson has a new approach for Plan C. Why not — and we’re just spitballing here — break up the pending issues into separate legislation and let people vote on each?
You know … how Congress is supposed to work?
It’s not quite regular order, but it’s closer than we’ve seen thus far:
NEWS — We hear that house republicans are likely to split the bill in pieces. Hold votes on different titles in the bill — CR, debt limit, ag, disaster relief.
This would allow each piece to pass or fail on its own merit.
This is a world of ever shifting strategy. So we’ll… https://t.co/MwNPPEt6Dz
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 20, 2024
Fox’s Chad Pergram and Liz Elkind heard the same thing….
