House GOP’s slim majority passes new rules aimed at accountability, reining in federal spending

The slim House Republican majority scored its first big win Monday by passing a set of rules that make significant changes to the way the chamber operates and let lawmakers take aim at reckless government spending.

Rules pushed by the most fiscally conservative House lawmakers will make it easier to pass bills that reduce federal spending and more difficult to raise the nation’s borrowing limit or increase tax rates.

“We ran on an agenda to change the way that Washington works, to fix this broken system to get our country back on...