Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly freed the floor from another standstill Tuesday — but it’s not clear how long the good feeling will last.
The House adopted a rule for floor debate in a 215-211 vote after GOP leaders won over key holdouts by promising a markup of border security legislation before the August recess and taking steps to graft a voter ID bill onto a spending measure.
With such a slim majority, leadership can only afford to lose a few Republican votes for party-line measures.
Some previous holdouts, like Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, had been demanding movement on further efforts to codify White House immigration policies ahead of the midterm elections.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said earlier Tuesday that the conference was holding “a lot of meetings” on immigration legislation but was “not in agreement on the next approach.”
