STOMPING THEIR FEET...AND THE GOVERNING:

House Republican leaders are displaying a trait seldom seen in this Congress: efficiency.

The GOP-controlled House appeared on track to pass next week a measure keeping the government running after its current funding expires on Dec. 11, with few detours or delays to appease the party's conservative wing.

As part of their strategy, House GOP leaders allowed a vote on a bill seeking to prevent President Barack Obama from shielding millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. It passed 219-197, but the Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to ignore the bill and the White House said Mr. Obama would veto it in any case.

But the vote on that measure, from Rep. Ted Yoho (R., Fla.), helped channel the partisan fight over immigration policy away from the spending measure needed to keep the government running. The bill gave the most conservative Republicans a vehicle for registering their displeasure over Mr. Obama's actions.

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