The House rejected a fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill Thursday, as some Republicans rebelled against a provision blocking a pay raise for members of Congress as well as the overall funding increase the measure would provide.
The 205-213 vote marked the first defeat this year of Republican-written appropriations bills that Democrats have united against. Four of the 12 annual bills passed on party-lines votes in recent weeks.
The Legislative Branch bill, which is the smallest of the 12 bills and traditionally among the easiest to pass, derailed that momentum and could undermine GOP hopes of passing all dozen bills in the House before the August recess.
