Lauren Boebert likens Speaker Johnson’s failed spending bill to ‘Diddy Freak Off’
You can't scare her. Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's failed spending plan, claiming it would “ruin our country many times more than Diddy's fanatics.” Rep. Boebert, R-Colo., was one of 14 House Republicans who broke party lines on Wednesday to vote against a six-month stopgap measure backed by Johnson to avert […]
Johnson’s plan to avoid government shutdown goes down in flames as Republicans rebel
House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert a partial government shutdown failed Wednesday. The bill failed 202-220, with only two Republicans voting “yes,” Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY). At least nine Republicans voted against a House GOP leadership bill that would have extended the current federal budget by six months and […]
‘Surrender Caucus’: 14 Republicans Join Forces With Dems To Torpedo Mike Johnson’s Revived Spending Bill
On Wednesday, more than a dozen Republicans joined 206 Democrats in voting to block House Speaker Mike Johnson from reinstating the funding, just a week after he initially withdrew the bill from the floor due to lack of support. Johnson Continuing Resolution In the House, 14 Republicans voted to block the budget bill, which failed […]
Speaker Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill Fails After Republican Opposition
A plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to attach the SAVE Act to a stopgap spending bill died in the House on Wednesday after Republicans opposed the measure. A six-month stopgap spending bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), failed 202-220. Fourteen Republicans voted against the bill and two voted “abstain,” while three […]
Speaker Johnson’s funding bill with voter integrity add-on defeated in House; 14 Republicans vote with Democrats
Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. defeat The bill aims to fund the government and avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. The funding bill failed by a vote of 220-202. “The play we executed tonight was the right play. … It's very unfortunate that it […]
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill
A diverse House Republican caucus on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) budget plan, dealing an embarrassing blow to GOP leadership and undermining a strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. Fourteen Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in voting against the spending plan, which combined a six-month stopgap measure with […]
Speaker Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill Vote Expected to Fail
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is pushing ahead with a vote on the six-month spending bill Wednesday night, despite the expected defeat. During the August recess, Johnson announced he would combine a six-month continuing resolution with the Protecting American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, in […]
A Decision to Make: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s government funding bill divides Republicans
That came just minutes after the House finally ended a three-week battle that culminated in the election of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) last fall. The House voted to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position but not before thoroughly eliminating three other candidates for speaker. I asked a House Republican leader what […]
Speaker Johnson’s Office Denies He Told Senate Republicans to Strip SAVE Act from Funding Plan After House Passes Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson has instructed Republican senators to remove the SAVE Act from the government funding bill once the House passes it, senior aides in Republican senate offices that support the SAVE Act being part of the government funding bill told Breitbart News on Thursday. Johnson's office has denied the allegations. The SAVE Act […]
At Least 22 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Johnson’s Chicago
At least 22 people were shot in Chicago, run by Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, over the weekend, three of them fatally. Breitbart News reported that two people were shot and killed during a five-hour riot in Chicago on Sunday morning (a total of seven people were shot and killed over the course of five hours, […]