Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said the bills would not go down on Democrats’ watch.

“Democrats will not be responsible for this bill failing,” she said when asked whether her colleagues would allow the rule to fall short.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who opposes the Israel aid bill, said Democrats “may very well be” stepping in to ensure the rule is adopted.

Before the rule can come to the floor, it needs to be approved by the Rules Committee, which convened Thursday morning to tackle parameters for floor debate.

Opposition from conservatives on the panel could force Democrats to come to the Republican leadership’s aid to bring the rule to the floor. Committee member Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said he would vote against the rule because of the lack of action on a border security bill acceptable to House Republicans.

“Our only ask was to include a border bill,” Norman continued, “not a stand-alone which the Senate will sit on.”

Another GOP conservative on Rules, Chip Roy of Texas, also said he was opposed to the rule.

“We’ve literally done nothing but borrow money to fund conflict for the last 25 years,” Roy said. “That plus border equals problems with the rule.”

Motion to vacate

By bringing Ukraine aid to the floor, Johnson has put his own job in jeopardy. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate the speakership earlier this month.

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