The House Rules Committee has advanced a foreign aid package to the House floor with a vote of 9-3. In a rare bipartisan move, all Democrats on the committee joined six Republicans to support the measure, while Republican Representatives Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, and Chip Roy opposed it. The rule, which sets the parameters for floor debate on four separate foreign aid bills, is scheduled for discussion tomorrow. The House meets at 9 am ET to consider this single rule to handle all bills.
House meets at 9 am et to consider the "rule" for the foreign aid pkg. 4 separate bills. But 1 rule to handle all bills, teeing up debate for tomorrow. Dems helped GOPers vote the rule out of cmte last night. That's an extremely rare occurrence. The Dems may help the GOP pass the…
Last night the House Rules Committee advanced a package of foreign aid bills — “but only with help from Democrats who, in a rare move, supported the procedural vote amid opposition from a trio of hardline Republicans.” https://t.co/UAv3ADkvOm
BREAKING: The House Rules Committee passed a rule for a foreign aid package with a vote of 9-3. All Democrats supported it, while Republican Representatives Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, and Chip Roy voted against it. https://t.co/HbqSMbAfAR
9-3, Dems on House Rules Committee join six Republicans to send rule — governing parameters of the floor debate on the foreign aid package — to the floor. Three Rs on the committee: Ralph Norman, Chip Roy and Thomas Massie voted against it. Typically rules go along straight… https://t.co/LTA6r5Qzqu
NEW: House Rules Committee just voted 9-3 to advance the foreign aid package to the House floor. In a rare turn, Democrats voted with most of the GOP, while Reps. Massie, Norman and Roy voted no.