And Johnson will still have a conference that is seeking steep spending cuts while the Senate is proceeding with bipartisan funding bills. House Republicans will only have a narrow four-seat majority by that point. Just 57% of House Republicans voted for the CR Tuesday, hardly a mark of confidence in the new speaker. He’ll have a House Republican Conference that disagrees with his tactics and is unwilling to set aside its own short-term politics to seek a long-term funding deal. 19 funding deadline comes along - just 21 legislative days away under the current House calendar - Johnson will likely be in largely the same position he’s in now. If you listen to Speaker Mike Johnson, his bill to avert a government shutdown - which passed the House with mostly Democratic votes Tuesday evening - will finally give the GOP majority the leverage it needs to cut spending and force major policy changes.īut Johnson has a big problem - there’s no evidence at this point that the two-step CR will do anything of the sort.
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