Mike Johnson flips GOP eight rebels to advance farm bill, spy powers, and DHS funding

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) successfully wrangled his conference to support a procedural rule to allow three major pieces of legislation to be considered on the House floor.

The House voted 216-210 to tee up votes on an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the farm bill, and a party-line budget resolution to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security.

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