House Republicans closed out the week by canceling votes on two party-line funding bills in the span of 48 hours, a setback for new Speaker Mike Johnson and a sign of persisting dysfunction in the chamber ahead of a key funding deadline.

They pulled a transportation-housing bill late Tuesday as some coastal Republicans opposed cuts to Amtrak. And they yanked a financial services and general government measure on Thursday morning that included divisive anti-abortion language.

It’s a step backward for Johnson, R-La., who had hoped to show progress on appropriations bills championed by his party’s conservative wing in order to secure their votes to pass a short-term bill that would keep the government open beyond the Nov. 17 deadline.

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    They were also taller, strong, and known to sexuslly assault their captives. But nowadays its more of an expression than a literal.

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        I’m not getting into a debate about neanderthals because I used an expression referencing their public preception, dude.

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          Aka “I was spreading misinformation, got corrected, and rather than learning and moving on doubled down on even more wildly misinformed claims I can’t back up.”