Tag Archives: Mike Johnson

Trump Attacks McCarthy And GOP Over Debt Ceiling

Posted by Trump last night to Truth Social: The extension of the Debt Ceiling by a previous Speaker of the House, a good man and a friend of mine, from this past September of the Biden Administration, to June of the Trump Administration, will go down as one of the dumbest political decisions made in years. There was no reason …

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Axios: 118th Congress Passed Fewest Laws In Decades

Axios reports: If measured by the number of bills signed into law, the 118th Congress was by far the most unproductive since at least the 1980s, according to data from public affairs firm Quorum. That is not the only metric of success, but the stunning stat is a marker of how difficult the chaos of the last two years made …

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Ex-Freedom Caucus Chair: Johnson’s Gavel Isn’t Safe

Politico reports: Rep. Scott Perry said that he’s not committing to voting for Mike Johnson for speaker, adding a former Freedom Caucus chair to the conservative crowd sowing doubt over Johnson’s prospects to retake the gavel. “I think that Mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but I’m going to keep my options open,” Perry (R-Pa.) said today …

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Fox Host: GOP Should Have Johnson’s Replacement Ready To Go, Battle Could Delay Certifying Election

“So the questions that Republicans and President Donald Trump must be asking is, what is the risk benefit analysis? Is it worth risking not certifying the election of 2024 on January 6th because House Republicans are infighting about who should be the next speaker if they’re going to do this? “They should have someone lined up and ready to go …

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Speaker Battle Could Stymie Electoral College Tally

Roll Call reports: Lingering ill will among House Republicans after another messy spending fight could complicate Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to retain the House gavel — and potentially the Jan. 6 formalizing of Donald Trump’s election victory. As president of the Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris would be the presiding officer during a joint session of Congress that day to …

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Tucker Carlson Accuses Mike Johnson Of “Treason”

“I watched him [Mike Johnson] make the number one priority of his Speakership funding Ukraine without any audit at all, at a time when the U.S. border was open, the United States itself was being invaded. And his priority was protecting the borders of a country whose language he doesn’t speak, he knows nothing about. It’s not the only country …

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House Approves Spending Bill In 366-34-1 Vote

ABC News reports: With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders on Friday scrambled to come up with a third spending proposal. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk. Then on Thursday night, the House failed to pass a revamped plan that included Trump’s explosive demand …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes Again On Averting Shutdown

Fox News reports: House lawmakers are set to soon vote on a bill to avert a partial government shutdown after a similar measure backed by President-elect Trump failed on Thursday. Congress is scrambling for a path forward as the clock ticks closer to the federal funding deadline, with a partial shutdown expected just after midnight Saturday if no action is …

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Bannon: Mike Johnson Must Be Ousted, We Don’t Need “Bipartisanship Now, We Need Hyper-Partisanship Now”

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON: Clearly, Johnson’s not up to the task and he’s gotta go. Right? He’s gotta go. Should Johnson be speaker of the House? President Trump, these are your people. It’s not just Johnson. Clearly, he has to go. He doesn’t have that — he doesn’t have what we call the right stuff. Right? That …

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Johnson Claims New Deal: “We Won’t Have Shutdown”

Politico reports: House Republicans voted in their closed-door conference meeting to pursue a funding plan that will require Democratic votes and strips out a debt limit measure President-elect Donald Trump is pushing, according to more than a dozen Republicans leaving the meeting. The plan will also include a one-year farm bill extension and the $110 billion disaster aid package Republicans …

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PLAN C: Johnson Vows Another Spending Vote Today

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation. “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan,” Johnson said Friday morning as he entered the Capitol. “We’re expecting votes this morning, so you all stay tuned. We’ve got a plan.” He did …

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Johnson’s Stopgap Funding Bill Fails In 174-235-1 Vote

CNN reports: The bill required two-thirds of the majority to pass. It failed because of opposition from conservative Republicans and almost all House Democrats. Republicans can try again to pass the bill through a simple majority, but that would also be tough and likely to fail. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told House Democrats in a closed-door meeting that he …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Votes On New Stopgap Funding Bill

NPR reports: President-elect Donald Trump announced “success” in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, urging Congress to swiftly pass it in votes as soon as Thursday evening. Trump’s social media post landed as Republicans said they had narrowed in on a tentative accord after grueling …

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GOP Reps Claim That Johnson Has Struck Funding Deal

The Washington Post reports: Oklahoma Republican Reps. Stephanie Bice and Tom Cole, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, just told reporters that Republicans have struck a funding deal. “There is a deal, and the details are forthcoming,” Bice told reporters as she left House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) office. She said the vote is expected later Thursday. Neither Republican …

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Johnson Cancels MAGA Fest Appearance With Trump

Raw Story reports: Fans of President-elect Donald Trump blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a “coward” after he suddenly canceled his speech at a major weekend conference with other MAGA celebrities. Steve Bannon’s War Room first reported that Johnson had decided not to speak at AmFest, a conservative conference organized by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. The president-elect, his …

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Trump: Johnson Has One Chance To Save Speakership

Fox News reports: President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that House Speaker Mike Johnson will “easily remain speaker” for the next Congress if he “acts decisively and tough” and eliminates “all of the traps being set by Democrats” in the spending package. Fox News Digital spoke exclusively with the president-elect Thursday morning, just hours after the bipartisan deal to …

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Rand Paul: Replace Johnson With Musk As Speaker

Mediaite reports: Amid the looming chaos of a failed spending bill designed to avoid a government shutdown, Senator Rand Paul offered a unique solution: name the world’s richest man the Speaker of the House. In a Thursday morning message on X, the social media platform owned by said “world’s richest man,” Senator Paul suggested that Elon Musk replace Rep. Mike …

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GOP Reps Increase Threats To Oust Johnson As Speaker

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of an end-of-year spending deal is throwing his grasp on his gavel into uncertain territory ahead of a critical Jan. 3 Speaker vote, as some GOP lawmakers question their support for the Louisiana Republican. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday came out against Johnson in light of the spending deal, pledging to …

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Trump And Vance Condemn Bill To Avert Shutdown

Posted by JD Vance to his X account: A statement from President Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect JD Vance: The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was a mistake and is now something that must be addressed. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a spending …

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Johnson May Pull Spending Bill Amid Cultist Outrage

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking at a plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline as Republicans inside and outside the Capitol, including those from Trump world, slam his spending package. The back-up option Johnson is examining is a “clean” continuing resolution, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill. That would …

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