House Republicans have just passed the new rules package that was negotiated amidst the fight on the floor to elect a new House Speaker last week.
Only one Republican voted against the rules package, meaning 220 Republicans were for it.
Here’s more via Fox News:
The House of Representatives passed a new rules package Monday that overhauls the way it functions by putting up more barriers to congressional spending and creating a more deliberate process for passing legislation, key demands of the more conservative members of the Republican Party.
The rules passed with an 220 to 213 vote that saw just one Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, vote against it. Passage of the blueprint for how the GOP will run the House is the first sign of success for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the fight of his life last week for the speaker’s gavel.
So what do these new rules include?
Among other things, rules include the end of Pelosi-era proxy voting and requires members to vote in person from the House floor.
The newly-adopted rules also include a provision that allows House Freedom Caucus members to receive three of the nine seats on the House Rules Committee, which dictates the terms of how bills are brought to the floor and how they can be amended.
The package also includes a return to a “Cut-As-You-Go” policy that says legislation cannot be considered if it increases mandatory spending over a 5- or 10-year period. This “CUTGO” policy requires bills that call for new spending to find offsetting spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget – an ambitious new curb on federal spending, part of the GOP’s effort to stop piling on trillions of dollars in new debt each year.
The lone Republican to vote against the package was Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez, who claims the new rules would mean cuts to defense spending:
All but one GOP lawmaker supported the package in the days leading to the vote — Rep. Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, – who said he couldn’t support the bill for its “anti-immigration” policies. Gonzalez also opposes the possibility of cuts to the Defense Department, although there is no language in the rules package on that issue.
McCarthy and his team are considering a push to limit discretionary funding in the next fiscal year to FY 2022 levels, but some have insisted that does not mean a cut to defense programs.
Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, have said that goal would not mean cuts to defense spending.
Some are suggesting the new rules will be transformational. I hope that’s the case. We do know that Chip Roy seems happy with them so that’s a good indication they are good.