House GOP leaders have privately predicted that the bill would come to the floor Thursday with broad bipartisan support. But the prospect of a swift, drama-free vote was thrown into question Wednesday evening, with multiple Republican lawmakers suggesting that GOP leaders had a numbers problem.
Facing backlash ahead of the presumed Thursday vote, the House Rules panel decided around 1 a.m. to postpone debate on what should happen with the funding bill — instead allowing the full GOP conference to chew over the issue in a closed-door meeting Thursday.
Attendance could also be an issue for House Republican leaders: on Wednesday, there were 44 Republican no-shows in a single vote. Nearly all are Republicans who either lost their reelection or chose not to run next year.
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