Republicans worry key McCarthy spending promise is unraveling amid Speaker’s fight

Some House Republicans are concerned a key spending promise made by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) could be on the skids as a thorny GOP battle to elect his successor drags into its third week. 

Republican fears are swirling that Congress could be on the path to jamming through another trillion-dollar omnibus spending package in the months ahead amid stalled progress in both chambers to pass all 12 annual government funding bills.

“I think we are, and that’s awful. All an omnibus does is puts a lump sum of money, that the...