House Republican hits Johnson over Trump influence on shutdown 'circus'

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) on Friday morning “dragged” President-elect Trump into a debate over the spending bill amid the threat of a government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said. vehemently criticized. “This is an example of Chairman Johnson's failure of leadership,” Spartz told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo. “Chairman Johnson dragged President Trump into this […]

House Republicans reach new plan to avoid government shutdown after back-to-back defeats

House Republican negotiators reached a tentative deal late Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown, people told Fox News Digital. Two people familiar with the discussions told Fox News Digital that the deal includes a short-term extension of this year's federal funding levels, disaster relief funds and agricultural aid for farmers, but is divided into […]

House GOP eyes plan C that cuts Trump debt ceiling demand

House Republicans are eyeing new spending proposals to increase votes on three separate measures: funding the government, adequate disaster relief and allocating agricultural aid, three people told The Hill. Ta. But in a shift from previous strategy and in defiance of President-elect Trump's requests, the new plan does not include any measures to raise the […]

Rand Paul suggests replacing Mike Johnson with Elon Musk as Speaker of the House

The chaotic collapse of the continuing resolution spending bill has put the leadership of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in the spotlight, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has called for Elon Paul to replace him. The idea of ​​appointing Musk as the next president has been floated. President Trump named him co-chair of the Department […]

Some House Republicans privately furious at Musk, Ramaswamy after government shutdown talks implode

Some House Republicans are privately furious after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were involved in Congressional discussions on government funding and led attacks to block a bipartisan agreement. Several Republicans, who were granted anonymity to speak freely about the sensitive situation, were either unhappy with the men's involvement or believed it exacerbated long-standing weaknesses within […]

Rand Paul Floats Elon Musk for House Speaker: ‘Disrupt the Swamp’

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday nominated Elon Musk to be the next Speaker of the House. Musk, who is in charge of President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to cut government waste, successfully put enormous pressure on Republican House leaders to repeal Wednesday's spending bill in a series of X posts. House Speaker Mike Johnson and […]

Mike Lee: New leadership in the House 'almost inevitable'

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said new leadership in the House is “inevitable” as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) seeks to retain the top post in the chamber. ” I predicted. “We're going to need new leadership. We're going to have new leadership in the Senate next year. And unless I'm just mistaken, I think the writing […]