The House Rules Committee ended Monday without a rule that would set up debate and simple-majority votes governing consideration of three major priorities for the House leadership.
The Republicans informed the Democrats on the Rules panel late Monday evening that they wouldn’t reconvene until 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the earliest, according to Matthew Bonaccorsi, spokesman for the panel’s Democrats.
“Republicans set the agenda,” Bonaccorsi said in a statement. “They have known since last week what bills they would consider today. They didn’t report a rule tonight because they are staggeringly incompetent. They constantly fail to do their homework—and then ...