Democrats on the subcommittee decried the $200 million cut for the Government Accountability Office and the language limiting its impoundment authority, and will revisit it in the full committee. Party line votes in the subcommittee are not unusual, but often the differences are performative and not substantive. This time, however, felt different. My suspicion is the majority wasn’t happy with the limited amount of funds available for the Legislative branch, but they put on a brave face knowing they had little choice.