Johnson breaks GOP impasse and tees up votes on spy tool, farm bill, and budget bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson revived efforts to advance three major bills—extending a foreign surveillance authority, passing a farm bill, and funding parts of Homeland Security—after the Rules Committee approved a procedural rule, following internal GOP negotiations. Leadership secured support by adding a ban on central bank digital currency and allowing year-round E15 gasoline sales to appease conservative factions. Despite the committee's approval, several Republican holdouts, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna and Lauren Boebert, criticized the process and signaled opposition, threatening the measures' passage on the floor. The bundled rule means all three bills must pass together, increasing the political risk for leadership with limited room for defections.