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Ryan needed help from the Democrats.

House Passes Budget Deal to Raise Spending and Reopen Government
By THOMAS KAPLANFEB. 8, 2018

House Democrats, after threatening to bring the bill down because it did nothing to protect young undocumented immigrants, gave Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin the votes he did not have in his own party and ensured passage. In the end, 73 House Democrats voted yes to more than offset the 67 Republicans who voted no.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/us/politics/congress-budget-deal-vote.html?

So much for the Hastert rule.