Johnson Issues Likely Doomed Two-Step Funding Bill

The Hill reports:

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rolled out a two-step government funding stopgap bill on Saturday, settling on an unusual approach to avert a government shutdown that is already getting pushback from Republicans with just days until a Friday funding deadline.

The “laddered” continuing resolution (CR) released Saturday would have some funding run out on Jan. 19, and the rest of the funding on Feb. 2 — an approach intended to discourage negotiation of a whole-of-government omnibus funding bill and to encourage the House and Senate to negotiate on the 12 regular funding bills.

“This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republicans in the best position to fight for conservative victories,” Johnson said in a statement on Saturday.

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In first big decision, Mike Johnson moves ahead with a two-step CR: Extending funding for part of the government til Jan. 19 and then other parts til Feb. 2nd. But it is extending funding at current levels — and that is prompting a fight with right flank.https://t.co/80LkeOSMVC https://t.co/tP1IrH1xkb

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 11, 2023

My opposition to the clean CR just announced by the Speaker to the @HouseGOP cannot be overstated. Funding Pelosi level spending & policies for 75 days – for future “promises.”

— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) November 11, 2023

House Republicans release the text of their “laddered CR” to keep government funded past the Nov. 17 deadline.

Read here: https://t.co/Tn7MkxpS2y pic.twitter.com/Jo9BWy0o4O

— CSPAN (@cspan) November 11, 2023

NEWS — HOUSE REPUBLICANS are doing a two-step “laddered CR.” This was an idea from HFC

Deadlines are Jan 19 and Feb 2.

JOHNSON: “I wasn’t the architect of the mess we’re in”

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 11, 2023

Minority Leader Jeffries on House GOP’s proposed laddered CR:

“Most members of the House Republican conference have no idea what a laddered CR means…The notion of a laddered CR is another extreme right-wing policy joyride…and would only crash and burn the federal government.” pic.twitter.com/YvBYDRiOeT

— The Recount (@therecount) November 9, 2023

With less than a week before federal spending laws expire, House Speaker Mike Johnson Saturday unveiled a novel plan to temporarily extend funding — but it’s already been rejected by the Senate and White House, increasing the odds of a government shutdown. https://t.co/6OIMZGSgOz

— David Alexander (@davidalexander5) November 11, 2023

This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republicans in the best position to fight for conservative victories. The bill will stop the absurd holiday-season omnibus tradition of massive, loaded up spending bills introduced right before the Christmas…

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) November 11, 2023