Inside Mike Johnson's déjà vu cycle of failed rule votes

According to Axios, Speaker Mike Johnson is caught in a destructive cycle: conservative House Republicans are repeatedly using procedural rule votes to block business and force action on the SAVE Act, a voter ID bill unlikely to pass the Senate. This marks Johnson's ninth failed rule vote as speaker—a tool that was virtually never rejected before Republicans took the majority in January twenty twenty-three. The tactic has shut down House business twice in recent weeks, frustrating even GOP members who argue they're wasting time on a doomed bill. Johnson now hopes to pass a version through reconciliation, requiring only a simple Senate majority, but hardliners say that won't be enough.

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