Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/NetflixAfter a two-week recess away from Capitol Hill, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was clearly hoping his House GOP colleagues would come back to Washington, put past issues behind them, and tackle the current challenges in a spirit of understanding and unity.That didn’t happen.As one senior GOP staffer put it, what Johnson actually came back to is best described as a “clusterfuck.”Referencing just one of Johnson’s controversial m
Western Montana U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke joined the bipartisan group of lawmakers Friday to keep the federal government fully operating, while the state’s Eastern District Rep. Matt Rosendale extended record opposing the federal budget to three years.
Despite a push by conservatives to stand against a swampy, earmark-laden government appropriations package, a whopping 101 House Republicans joined with 185 Democrats to vote in favor of passage, sending the package to the Senate. On the other side of the vote, 112 House Republicans and 22 Democrats voted against the package.