As House Republicans’ narrow margin becomes even narrower, leaders are banking on near-perfect floor vote attendance during the final sprint to pass government funding bills and advance their agenda before the midterms.
But even that might not be enough, as they discovered Tuesday night.
“They better be here. I mean, I’ve told everybody, and not in jest, I said, ‘No adventure sports, no risk-taking, take your vitamins and stay healthy and be here.’ I mean, this is what we’re going to be doing all year long,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said after six of his members helped tank a worker education bill.
