Marjorie Taylor Greene complains Mike Johnson boxing her out of budget negotiations

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for “not talking to us conservatives” about the Sept. 30 government funding deadline in what she says is an effort to not “rock the boat” before Election Day.

Taylor Greene disagreed with Johnson’s alleged prioritization of moderate Republican and Democrat support for a 6-month continuing resolution to keep the government from shutting down.

“Yesterday I learned that speaker Johnson is talking to the moderate Republicans in our conference trying to get their support for a 6 month CR to be passed before the upcoming Sept 30th government funding deadline,” Taylor Greene posted on her X congressional account.

“But Speaker Johnson is NOT talking to us conservatives because we demand that he actually negotiate with Schumer to include our agenda items like the SAVE Act (election integrity bill) instead of just clean passing another Continuing Resolution of the Democrat’s budget, which just keeps happening,” she added.

“Johnson doesn’t want to rock the boat before Nov 5th, in other words he doesn’t want to use the power he possesses as the Republican elected Speaker of the House to fight for anything,” she said.

“Johnson says we will pass our agenda next Congress after Trump wins BUT the November election is not guaranteed and there may not be a next time, there is only THIS TIME for sure,” Taylor Greene said.

“As he always does, Speaker Johnson is sounding out members from across the Conference on the best path forward, not any single faction,” a Johnson spokesman told the Washington Examiner. “The House has passed 75 percent of government funding for FY25 while the Senate has yet to consider a single appropriations bill. The House will continue its successful effort to responsibly fund the government when it returns from its district work period.”

The Freedom Caucus, which Greene is a notable member of, issued a statement Monday pushing for the SAVE Act as part of the continuing resolution and urging House Republicans to use their leverage in case Democrats could “undermine” a second term for former President Donald Trump.

“The House Freedom Caucus believes that House Republicans should return to Washington to continue the work of passing all 12 appropriations bills to cut spending and advance our policy priorities,” the statement said.

If the House cannot meet the Sept. 30 deadline or pass a continuing resolution, the government will be shut down for the first time since the 2018-2019 shutdown during Trump’s presidency.

A shutdown can have dire consequences. A large number of civilian employees aren’t paid and some offices can’t offer services at expanded hours.