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'For those who are mad about it, tough s*** - it pisses me off,' said Nebraska Rep. The conservative objections upset more moderate members of the Republican conference. We don't think the FBI should be getting a new headquarters, plain and simple,' Jordan said. 'We've been pretty clear with the American people. Jim Jordan threatened to vote against final passage of the bill. The Financial Services bill also faced opposition over funding for a new FBI headquarters, which the government announced this week would be built D.C.'s Maryland suburbs.Īfter a proposed amendment to bar any funding for the building failed, conservatives including Florida Rep. 'That's clear and we're trying to make sure we can deliver on that.' 'The American people are telling us very clearly they don't want Washington, D.C., meddling in their abortion rights,' Duarte said. John Duarte of California, pointed to Tuesday's election results in several states showing voter pushback to Republican efforts to restrict abortion rights. One of the members opposed to the bill, Rep. Johnson pulled the Financial Services and General Government funding measure on Thursday, after moderate members of his conference opposed a provision in the bill that would have overruled Washington, D.C.'s abortion law. Conservatives insisted they remain in the bill. The Transportation and Housing funding bill, which leaders pulled from the floor late Tuesday, ran into problems when a group of Republicans from the Northeast opposed the bill's funding cuts to Amtrak.

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Now, there are just seven days left before the federal government is due to shutdown at the end of the day on November 17, not enough time to pass the full suite of annual budget bills.ĭespite the time crunch, Speaker Johnson has not announced the details of his plan for a stopgap funding measure, which would temporarily extend government funding in order to allow lawmakers to sort out their disagreements on the full budget. Two times this week, Johnson, R-La., was forced to pull federal budget bills from the floor after it became clear that Republican opposition meant they would fail to pass. Speaker Mike Johnson is learning quickly that, although he may have received unanimous support to get the gavel, the sharp divisions among House Republicans over spending bills remain.