Roy’s effort to block the rule on the clean CR was foiled after Johnson brought the spending package to the floor under suspension, allowing him to skate around the procedural motion with the requirement of a two-thirds vote to pass.
In doing so, Johnson placed the fate of the legislation into Democrats' hands, as it required the opposing party's support to pass.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/johnsons-honeymoon-phase-comes-to-end-
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said if the bill passed the House, he and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would move it swiftly through the Senate.
“Senate Leader [Mitch] McConnell and I will figure out the best way to get this done quickly,” said Schumer.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/house-passes-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-senate-to-vote-next.html
If 'quickly' means adjourning the Senate till after Thanksgiving, that's a 'block'.
And I'm saying that Johnson knew this is how it would play-out and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he has a strategy to get the media to blame Schumer when the Government shuts-down. Because so far, Johnson has crafted the appearance of a bi-partisan CR.
Thanks for your more detailed analysis.
Despite Johnson's "craftiness" with a so-called "bi-partisan" spending "clean" CR, we all know that the Republicans fall right into the Dems' hands each time they
"OMG!!! THEY'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT!!!" and the Repubs wind up with the blame.
The "shutdown the gubmint" thing started under Reagan - probably the reason the Repubs continue to get the blame for said shutdowns. In the 80s, it happened under Reagan and Bush I
eight times with shutdowns lasting up to three days. Under Clinton, it happened once. Under the Lightbringer, a 16 day shutdown was the longest with Barry's regime and the complicit media focusing on non-issues, like national parks being shut down. The biggest issue in that shutdown was the Republicans once again opting to shut down due to BarryCare.
No matter how you slice it, the Republicans - being the dolts they are and aided by a hostile media - wind up with the blame.