<![CDATA[Give credit to Mike Johnson and Donald Trump for yet another minor miracle in herding cats. The prize in this case should not have required it, but nonetheless, the two succeeded in getting the first rescission bill through Congress in 26 years. It took a long vote again to get the vote they wanted, but in the end, the effort to remove $9 billion from the FY2025 budget appropriations passed by three votes:]]>