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Even Trump can’t quell the House GOP’s penchant for chaos

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18.07.2025

While President Trump has managed to push House Republicans across the finish line on his top priorities, he hasn’t yet cracked the code on getting the narrowly divided chamber to overcome its penchant for chaos.

After uniting in stunning fashion earlier this month to pass the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” and celebrating the win, Republicans plunged back into disarray this week when a cohort of hardline conservatives tanked a procedural vote over a trio of cryptocurrency bills, bringing the floor to a screeching halt.

The intra-party dispute — complete with a public floor rebellion and record-setting vote, a White House visit and hours of closed-door negotiations — underscored that chaos is a mainstay of the razor-thin House GOP majority that not even Trump can stamp out.

"I will say again, I am tired of making history, I just want [a] normal Congress,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said late Wednesday night after leaders finally resolved the issues over the cryptocurrency bills. “Some people have forgotten what that looks like.”

The House on Wednesday set a

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