Twenty-five House conservatives bucked Republican leadership on Thursday by opposing a procedural motion that was needed to bring a $1.3 trillion government funding package to the floor.

Votes on what are known as rules in the House typically fall along party lines, with leaders viewing defections as a serious offense.

But outraged by the speedy vote on the more than 2,000-page funding bill — the text of which wasn’t released until Thursday night — members of the House Freedom Caucus defied their leadership.

Their stand almost took down the rule, which passed 211-207 after Republicans gaveled it to a close despite several Democrats not having voted.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, said the group never took an official position against the rule. But had it done so, he said, more GOP members would have defected.

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Along with Meadows, the Republicans who voted against the rule were Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Rod Blum (Iowa), Mo Brooks (Ala.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), John Duncan Jr. (Tenn.), Tom Garrett (Va.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Morgan Griffith (Virginia), Andy Harris (Md.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Raúl Labrador (Idaho), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Alex Mooney (W.Va.), Ralph Norman (S.C.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Scott Perry (Pa.), Bill Posey (Fla.), Mark Sanford (S.C.), Randy Weber (Texas), Daniel Webster (Fla.) and Ted Yoho (Fla.).

Almost all are members of the Freedom Caucus.