{"id":2561549,"date":"2026-02-02T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-ditching-democrats-to-pass-spending-bills-luna\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:15:17","slug":"house-gop-ditching-democrats-to-pass-spending-bills-luna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-ditching-democrats-to-pass-spending-bills-luna\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP ditching Democrats to pass spending bills: Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-ditching-democrats-to-pass-spending-bills-luna%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2561549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pass teh remaining appropriations bills<\/a> and a two-week extension to fund the Department of Homeland Security along party lines to end the partial government shutdown, Rep. Anna paulina Luna said on X. GOP leaders abandoned using suspension rules\u2014which require a two-thirds majority and Democratic support\u2014in favor of a straight party-line push that depends on the House\u2019s razor-thin Republican majority. Speaker Mike Johnson expressed confidence the bills could pass quickly, but the normal rules process allows amendments, making the timeline and outcome uncertain. Luna is pushing to add the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to vote, and has threatened to sink the legislation if that provision isn\u2019t included, possibly drawing defections from within the GOP. house Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned Democrats would not provide votes, and some Democrats, including Rep.Ro Khanna,oppose the DHS stopgap; Jeffries says DHS must undergo \u201cdramatic reform\u201d before new funding. The House is set to return to session Monday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House GOP ditching Democrats to pass spending bills, Luna reveals<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2488572\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Republicans will attempt to pass the remaining <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations\">spending bills<\/a> and the two-week extension funding the Department of Homeland Security along party lines to end the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\">partial government shutdown<\/a>, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Anna-Paulina-Luna\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) revealed on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Luna <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2018144774662832275\">posted<\/a> on X that GOP leaders would no longer be moving the legislation to the floor under suspension, which would fast-track passage of it but requires a two-thirds majority and, therefore, Democratic support. Instead, they will hope for a united caucus to pass the bills and fully reopen the government, a tricky prospect given Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-backs-off-15-minimum-wage-as-virus-relief-plan-takes-shape\/\" title=\"Biden Backs Off  Minimum Wage As Virus Relief Plan Takes Shape\">razor-thin majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442452\/raskin-clinton-contempt-vote-pam-bondi\/\">Raskin conditions Clinton contempt vote on separate resolution for Bondi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442429\/jeffries-dramatic-reform-dhs-must-precede-shutdown-vote\/\">Jeffries says &#8216;dramatic reform&#8217; to DHS must precede vote to end shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442412\/johnson-confident-government-shutdown-ends-tuesday\/\">Johnson &#8216;confident&#8217; House will end government shutdown by Tuesday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson had already hinted at the change in strategy in multiple Sunday show appearances, while also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442412\/johnson-confident-government-shutdown-ends-tuesday\/\">expressing<\/a> confidence all bills would be passed by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>That timeline is quickly proving to be ambitious, however, especially given amendments are permitted under the normal rules process for passing spending bills.<\/p>\n<p>Luna herself is seeking to add the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote, to the legislation. She vowed to tank it if it&rsquo;s not included, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2018093687788450006\">indicating<\/a> she has the support of &ldquo;many&rdquo; of her colleagues who could also defect and derail its passage.<\/p>\n<p>While that process may prove difficult, the suspension option was hardly better. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) warned Johnson over the weekend that he should not count on any Democratic votes to pass the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">hard-line stance<\/a> came as some House Democrats voiced opposition to the stopgap funding for DHS, which was a compromise granted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in order to scrap the original bill funding the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) was among those against it, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/2017975444557975799?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">saying<\/a> on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> that he was a &ldquo;firm no&rdquo; and would call on his colleagues to vote the same, pointing to the two federal officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis last month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442429\/jeffries-dramatic-reform-dhs-must-precede-shutdown-vote\/\">JEFFRIES SAYS &lsquo;DRAMATIC REFORM&rsquo; TO DHS MUST PRECEDE VOTE TO END SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeffries also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4442429\/jeffries-dramatic-reform-dhs-must-precede-shutdown-vote\/\">called<\/a> for DHS to be &ldquo;dramatically reformed&rdquo; before any funding for the agency, including the two-week extension, is passed.<\/p>\n<p>The House will return to session on Monday after a weeklong recess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP to pass spending bills without Dems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2561550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/luna-house-gop-ditching-democrats.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8974,32455,18336,72563,65710],"class_list":["post-2561549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-appropriations","tag-house-gop","tag-luna","tag-partisan-split","tag-spending-bills"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/luna-house-gop-ditching-democrats.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561553,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561549\/revisions\/2561553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2561549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2561549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}