Freedom Caucus Chair Vows Push For Govt Shutdown

The Hill reports:

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) has led the charge among the far-right lawmakers urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to fight for scores of conservative policy riders to accompany the 2024 spending bills.

“I’d attach border security to it. I would attach [the] Israel pay-for. And I’d attach FISA … reforms. That’s what I’d like to see happen. And we ought to be willing to have a shutdown fight to force it to happen.”

Reps. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) were among other conservatives who said Thursday they wouldn’t vote for a stopgap measure.

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