Republicans yanked another fiscal 2024 spending bill before a final vote that was scheduled for Thursday morning, leaving them empty-handed for the week and stuck at seven out of 12 annual appropriations bills passed.
The $25 billion Financial Services bill ran into trouble with GOP moderates over language that would block the District of Columbia from implementing its 2014 law preventing employment discrimination based on reproductive health decisions, including taking birth control or having an abortion.
“The simple analogy is they didn’t have the votes. Shocking,” said Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who backs the bill. “Monday we’ll see if we can have a consensus over the weekend for those people that have a problem with what I think is a very straightforward bill.”
