WASHINGTON — As pressure continued to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, Speaker Mike Johnson got a show of support Wednesday from Republicans who agreed that a House committee has the issue covered, so a vote by the full House is unnecessary.

The imbroglio over the accused sex trafficker of underage girls threatens to stall congressional efforts to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.

The largely symbolic measure pushed by Johnson passed as part of a rules package on a 212-208 party-line vote Wednesday afternoon.

The two Democrats in the Louisiana delegation — Rep. Troy Carter, of New Orleans, and Rep. Cleo Fields, of Baton Rouge, voted against the resolution. All four Republicans voted for it: Johnson, of Benton; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, of Jefferson; Re

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