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A small group of hardline Republicans forced a House floor vote to fail on Wednesday afternoon in an apparent shot at Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for working with Democrats on a bipartisan path to avoiding a government shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tensions flared in the Capitol as Republicans rebelled against their own party on a normally sleepy procedural vote. It has temporarily paralyzed the House floor \u2014 Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., one of the rebels who tanked the vote, suggested they would do so again if they don\u2019t get certain commitments from Johnson on spending and the border.<\/p>\n

It was followed by what appeared to be a heated confrontation between Johnson and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who has been leading criticism of the GOP leader since the government spending deal was announced.<\/p>\n

Both men were visibly animated, pointing at times and shaking their heads as the group of lawmakers and staffers around them grew larger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thirteen members of the House Freedom Caucus and their allies voted against Republicans to sink what\u2019s known as a rule vote, a major public setback for House Republican leaders as they deal with just a two-seat majority right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A rule vote is a procedural measure made to clear the way for an ultimate House vote on a bill\u2019s passage. It is historically unusual for them to fail; before the current Congress, a rule had not failed since 2002. Republican hardliners have weaponized rule votes several times last year.<\/p>\n

After the protest vote, most of the rebels were seen following Johnson into his office just off the House floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Good addressed reporters off the House floor as lawmakers huddled behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re making a statement that the deal \u2014 as has been announced, that doesn\u2019t secure the border, and that doesn\u2019t cut our spending and it\u2019s going to be passed apparently under suspension of the rules with predominantly Democrat votes \u2014 is unacceptable,\u2019 Good said.<\/p>\n

\u2018This deal that\u2019s been announced does nothing about the border, it does nothing about spending and again, the American people just can\u2019t afford it. They\u2019re suffering. That\u2019s not what they elected us to do,\u2019 Good continued.<\/p>\n

\u2018And so this was a statement of protest to say, hey, we\u2019re not going to just go along to get along like everything\u2019s okay, and pass messaging bills that are gonna go nowhere.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rank-and-file members, meanwhile, are\u00a0increasingly frustrated with the House Republican majority\u2019s public disarray.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Many have jumped past frustration,\u2019 one GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital. \u2018Most are pissed.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Some people get upset about not getting the thing we are never going to get. They need to come to a place that allows them to agitate and us to legislate. It\u2019s not helpful or productive,\u2019 the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n

And Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., a conservative, wrote on X after the vote, \u2018If you are a Republican member who constantly votes against the Rule, who says Republicans haven\u2019t done anything this Congress, then perhaps you ought to look in a mirror and you will see the answer.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the eruption of a standoff that has been brewing since Sunday when Johnson announced a spending deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to set a statutory limit of $1.59 trillion for discretionary government funding. It would honor a McCarthy-Biden side-deal of an added $69 billion, but Johnson said he secured an extra $16 billion in cuts for this fiscal year to offset some of that.<\/p>\n

But Johnson has little wiggle room when negotiating against a Democratic Senate and White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Current government funding runs out on two deadlines \u2014 some agencies run dry after Jan. 19, while others after Feb. 2. If no action is taken to stop those expiration dates from coming, Congress could be dealing with a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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