GOP lawmaker says House 'better off' without 'volatile' members

Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), who won a hotly contested general election race last month, said the House GOP will be “better off” without “volatile” lawmakers in the next Congress. 

Bacon did not mention the members he was referring to in comments about the House's passage last week of a measure to keep the government funded.

The Nebraska Republican said his party “did the right thing” by helping to pass the spending bill to keep the government funded, but he added that...