AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Rep. Randy Fine ends standoff over Trump adviser after holding House agenda hostage
Republican Rep. Randy Fine of Florida backed down Friday from his weeks-long threat to torpedo every House rule vote until President Trump cut ties with outside adviser Alex Bruesewitz, a one-man blockade that had already disrupted the GOP's legislative calendar and tested Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin majority. The resolution came after a 15-minute phone call […] The post Rep. Randy Fine ends standoff over Trump adviser after holding House agenda hostage appeared first on American Almanac .
Republican Rep. Randy Fine of Florida backed down Friday from his weeks-long threat to torpedo every House rule vote until President Trump cut ties with outside adviser Alex Bruesewitz, a one-man blockade that had already disrupted the GOP's legislative calendar and tested Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin majority. The resolution came after a 15-minute phone call between Fine and Bruesewitz on Friday morning. Bruesewitz announced the outcome on X, saying the two "agreed to disagree on a few issues" and that the conversation was "polite and cordial." Fine's office did not respond to the Daily Caller's request for comment before publication. The standoff had real consequences. On Tuesday, Fine was the lone Republican to vote against the…Open