Rules Committee sets emergency meeting to fix typo on regulatory freeze bill

The House Rules Committee has set up an emergency meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to fix a typo in legislation the GOP wants to pass Thursday, since Democrats have refused to allow a quick fix on the floor.

The Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act, H.R. 4078, is aimed at preventing major new federal regulations until the unemployment rate drops to 6 percent, but the bill says "employment rate."

Earlier in the day, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asked for a quick floor fix, but Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said he would reserve his right to deny the unanimous consent needed.

The Rules Committee is expected to approve a rule to fix the language in the bill, which is the same change the GOP was seeking by unanimous consent. Republicans anticipate that the rule can be approved and that the bill itself can still be passed in its corrected form by Thursday, as Republicans had originally planned.