Mike Johnson dismisses Dem lawmakers threatening CR fight – Washington Examiner
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed concerns about potential government shutdowns, dismissing threats from Democratic lawmakers, particularly from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who claimed that Republicans hadn’t communicated about an upcoming funding proposal.During an appearance on Fox News sunday, Johnson asserted that teh House GOP is united in its efforts to pass a budget reconciliation bill by mid-march. He characterized the accusations from Democrats as hyperbolic, emphasizing that their claims about substantial cuts to programs like Medicaid are baseless. He criticized the Democratic Party for lacking leadership and coherence, suggesting they are struggling to cope with the implications of former President Trump’s executive orders. johnson also noted that while Democrats supported the last continuing resolution, there remains a faction of Republicans opposed to it, highlighting ongoing tensions within Congress.
Mike Johnson dismisses ‘flailing’ Democratic lawmakers threatening CR fight
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) rejected threats that his next funding proposal won’t be supported by Democratic lawmakers in time to avoid a government shutdown.
Johnson was on Fox News Sunday responding to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) claim that “Republicans haven’t said a single thing to House Democrats” about the impending deadline to fund the government. While the speaker has claimed the House GOP was “united” on issuing a budget reconciliation bill as soon as late February, on Sunday he changed his estimate to March 14, which is the deadline stemming from the last continuing resolution.
“Listen, Hakeem is a good colleague but that hyperbole there is not helpful. We’re not dramatically cutting Medicaid and we’re not doing all these things they accuse the Republicans of. We are trying to get the country back on track and restore America’s greatness. It takes some real effort to do it,” Johnson said. “There will be things we’re doing in a bipartisan fashion, that the reconciliation process which we are spending all the time on right now is by design effectively a partisan exercise.”
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) similarly appeared on NBC News’s Meet the Press Sunday implying he was willing to let the government shut down to hold Republican lawmakers “accountable.”
Johnson cast aside that threat, saying that Democrats are “flailing” in response to President Donald Trump’s continued flurry of executive orders.
“The Democrats, frankly, are flailing right now. They don’t have an identified party leader, they don’t have a real vision for the party, and the blitz of all the Trump executive actions have them in a dizzying pace,” Johnson said. “So they are flailing right now. I get it. This is politics but we are going to get the job done.”
Johnson’s last continuing resolution was supported by all Democratic lawmakers. Still, 34 House Republicans and 11 senators voted against the legislation.
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