REPUBLICAN RINOS CAUSE RIFT IN RESCISSIONS ACT FIGHT

Congress must act by July 18 to avoid nullifying the rescission package and triggering a government funding reset. Moderate Republicans—like Collins and Murkowski—have turned up pressure for more studied appropriations, but their opposition does not negate the cuts already enacted.

House passage of the original rescission looked precarious (214–212), with moderate Republicans like Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) and Mike Turner (OH) siding with Democrats to slow it