"Johnson, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) were on the House floor Wednesday afternoon trying to persuade defectors, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), to vote yes. Massie remained the lone GOP "no" vote, but Greene - along with Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) - all flipped and voted yes. Several moderates were also withholding their votes, but ultimately backed the rule after a conversations with leadership."
"The five-minute vote was held open for over an hour. It passed 215-211. The big picture: House Republicans have increasingly tanked rule votes - the procedural step that opens debate on a bill and has historically fallen along party lines - to register opposition to leadership. Last week, GOP defectors took issue with name, image and likeness legislation that would provide a federal framework to help regulate college sports."
House leaders Johnson, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain lobbied holdouts on the floor to secure votes. Massie remained the lone GOP 'no' vote while Greene, Burchett, Luna and Boebert flipped to yes. Several moderates initially withheld votes but ultimately backed the rule after conversations with leadership. The five-minute vote stayed open for over an hour and passed 215-211. House Republicans have increasingly used rule votes to register opposition to leadership, and prior dispute over name, image and likeness legislation led GOP defectors to sink a subsequent bill. Leadership had earlier worried about having enough support.
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