Republicans Will Wait 72 Hours For Vote

Under pressure to comply with a Republican House rule to make all bills available “for three days” before voting on them, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Tuesday morning he would wait until Thursday to bring the fiscal year spending bill to the floor.

“To comply with our three-day rule, the CR agreement will be brought to the floor on Thursday,” Cantor’s press office announced on Twitter.

Republicans last year campaigned on a promise to give members of Congress “72 hours” to read bills before putting them to a vote. Party leaders recently shifted their rhetoric to say that “three days” — which is the language used in their “Pledge to America” — would be defined as three “calendar” days. So technically, they would be within the bounds of the rule if they posted a bill at 11:59 p.m. on a Monday and voted on it at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

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