Tag Archives: Mike Johnson

The New Republic reports: Buried in the new House GOP reconciliation bill — the blueprint for Trump’s agenda — is a new and expanded giveaway largely benefiting wealthy investors, according to tax experts I spoke to. And the nitty-gritty of this neatly demonstrates how the “corporatist” side of the alleged GOP identity crisis is winning out. To see why, recall …

“Look, I’ve been a little busy on reconciliation, so I’m not following all the twists and turns of the Qatar jet, I certainly heard about it. My understanding is it’s not a personal gift to the president, it’s a gift to the United States, and other nations give us gifts all the time, but I’m going to leave it to …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility. “You want me to tell you my honest opinion on that? I’m in favor of that, because I don’t think we should have any appearance of impropriety here,” he said at a Wednesday …

The Associated Press reports: House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education. The proposal, part of a budget reconciliation bill released Monday, would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda of establishing “universal …

“Do not believe the lies the Democrat Party has said. We had their ads taken down. We sent them cease and desist letters.  They were running ads around the country in swing districts trying to convince people Republicans are going to ‘gut Medicaid.’ It’s just simply not true and that’s why their ads and billboards had to come down.” – …

Fox News reports: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President Donald Trump has accomplished more in the first 100 days of his tenure than “most politicians or presidents accomplish in their entire lifetimes.” The top House Republican said this first period of a new GOP trifecta in government has been a “flurry of activity” used to set the stage for the …

Democracy Docket reports: The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. The vote count was 220 to 208, with four Democrats voting for the bill and zero Republicans opposing it. Democrats …

CBS News reports: The lower chamber was set to vote Wednesday evening on the budget resolution but punted after several House conservatives resisted increasing pressure from Mr. Trump to accept the blueprint that would open the door to implementing his border security, defense, energy priorities and extending expiring tax cuts. “I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe …

Axios reports: The House fell into uncertain territory Wednesday evening after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on a key budget measure in the face of intractable right-wing opposition. It is not clear what Johnson’s next steps are, with the speaker conceding to reporters that a Thursday vote is not assured. The GOP speaker said he doesn’t …

NOTUS reports: At a fundraiser for the NRCC last night, Donald Trump wisecracked about House Republicans feeling angsty about his tariff plans. “I just saw it today, a couple of your congressmen, sir, ‘I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs,’” he said, pointing at Speaker Mike Johnson, who was sitting at a table near the …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the House will provide Trump with “space” to carry out his massive global tariff regime, even as some GOP lawmakers openly plead with Trump to negotiate off-ramps before the levies kick in on Wednesday. “We’re going to give him the space necessary to do it, and we’ll see how it all develops,” …

The Hill reports: A band of Republican lawmakers on Tuesday brought the House floor to a halt over a bitter dispute with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and conservatives in their own party over a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents. A procedural rule vote to advance the House GOP’s package of bills for the week …

NBC News reports: Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday floated the possibility of Congress eliminating some federal courts. It’s the latest attack from Republicans on the federal judiciary, as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration. In addition …

“The administration, as I understand, I just was with the president in the Oval Office, just now, the administration is addressing what happened. Apparently an inadvertent phone number made it onto that thread. They’re gonna track that down and make sure that doesn’t happen again. What you did see what top-level officials doing their job, doing it well, and executing …

“You ain’t so tough now. You’re groveling for government contracts — Paul, Weiss [law firm] — and all your high-falutin, high-moral order, defenders of democracy. All they care about is putting their snout right in the trough. Soon as you mention they ain’t getting government contracts — and guess what, none of their clients — genius move, whoever thought that …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said Congress will probe “domestic terrorism” attacks targeting the Tesla car brand after vehicles and storefronts were vandalized. “Congress will investigate the sources of these attacks and help the DOJ & FBI ensure those responsible are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Johnson said in a post on X. Trump said …

Politico reports: Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning he expects House Republicans “are going to pass” a bill to fund the government later in the day, ahead of the looming March 14 deadline to avoid a shutdown. His comments came as Vice President JD Vance is attending the House GOP Conference’s weekly meeting to rally members ahead …

NBC News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday unveiled a short-term funding bill that would avert a shutdown at the end of next week and keep the government running through the end of September. Johnson has said he will bring the funding bill to the floor for a vote early next week, likely Tuesday, before money runs out …

Axios reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his leadership deputies said Friday they will not lend their support to the stopgap spending bill being proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Democrats are holding out for language that will restrict Trump and DOGE from being able to slash government programs already authorized and funded by Congress. House Democrats from across …

“They disrupted the proceedings of the House. So there’s some irony there. We have to keep decorum. We have to keep control of the proceedings, because we’re the greatest deliberative body in the world, and we need to act like it. And I think this went way over the line, by the way, these censures. “This is not a normal …