A revolt inside Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin Republican majority on Tuesday sank a procedural rule that would have paired Donald Trump's top voter ID bill with the annual defence package, exposing a fractured coalition weeks before the 4th of July recess.
The US House rejected the measure 198-224 on 30 June, with 13 Republicans crossing the aisle and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise switching to 'no' as a procedural move to preserve the option of bringing the vote back. The failure froze the chamber for a second straight week.
