House Approves Procedural Rule by Narrow 216-210 Vote to Advance FISA Extension, Farm Bill, and DHS Funding

U.S. House approved a procedural rule by a 216-210 vote, enabling floor consideration of three major bills: a three-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the farm bill, and a party-line budget resolution to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, navigated a narrow majority where he could afford to lose only one Republican vote due to absences.

The vote remained open for more than two hours as leadership negotiated with holdouts. Eight Republicans initially voted no: Reps. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Troy Nehls of Texas, Keith Self of Texas, Eli Crane of Arizona, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, and Anna Paulina Luna of Florida.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna changed her vote from no to present after speaking with Speaker Johnson, then flipped to yes. The House Rules Committee had approved Luna's amendment on pesticide liability labeling for floor consideration on Tuesday.

Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane subsequently flipped their votes from no to yes. Reps. Hageman is retiring to run for governor of Wyoming, and Biggs is retiring to run for governor of Arizona.

Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, to yes after talking to her. Boebert had yelled at House Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania at the start of Wednesday’s vote.

The House Rules Committee unanimously voted against Boebert's amendments to the farm bill. Boebert wrote on X: 'Farmers and ranchers in my district are counting on me to be their voice in DC and our ‘leadership’ is not letting me do my job. She added that Republicans on the committee unanimously voted against her amendments and they would not be considered for a floor vote.

Every Republican present voted yes on the procedural measure. The measure passed out of the House Rules Committee on Tuesday evening after two days of negotiations over FISA, immigration enforcement funding, and farm bill provisions on pesticides and year-round E15 sales.

Republican leadership attached a ban on central bank digital currency to the FISA extension and tacked on a bill to allow year-round sale of E15.

The procedural measure includes a Senate-passed budget resolution funding immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump's term. Luna secured an amendment to strip controversial pesticide language from the farm bill. She wrote on social media: 'On behalf of all the moms and dads that aren’t in office, I am not going to be bullied into supporting a bill that is providing protections and immunity to corporations that are responsible for giving children and adults cancer.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire in two days from the CBS News report date. The NPR article on party infighting was published on April 29, 2026. All events described occurred recently, aligning with the current date of May 4, 2026.