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 […]
Show vote: Republicans make political statement in going against Speaker Johnson
What took place in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night was a show vote of a different kind. vote Showed Republicans opposed a combination bill that would avert a government shutdown and require people to prove they are citizens in order to vote, known as the SAVE Act. “You have to be accountable for […]
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 […]
Speaker Johnson warns illegal immigrant voting could ‘throw an election’ as House readies spending bill vote
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has warned that “thousands” of people in the US illegally could change the course of the upcoming US election. Johnson told reporters at his weekly press conference on Wednesday that some House Republicans have won elections by just a few hundred votes – and sometimes by even less, […]
Speaker Johnson eyes Wednesday vote on stopgap funding plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced Tuesday that he was considering holding a vote Wednesday on a partisan stopgap bill that he was forced to withdraw from the floor last week due to widespread GOP opposition. The move is risky: Johnson faced growing resistance last week to his plan, which combines a six-month continuing resolution […]
Speaker Johnson praises Trump as ‘resilient’ after second apparent assassination attempt: ‘One of a kind’
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana praised former President Donald Trump for his response to the second assassination attempt in less than two months, telling Fox News on Monday that he was “rebounding” and in “good spirits” after the situation calmed down on Sunday. “No leader in the history of America has ever been […]
All eyes on Speaker Johnson for next move on government funding
All eyes are on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) this week as lawmakers wait for his next move in the fight over the government budget after an initial strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month failed due to Republican resistance. Following opposition from several quarters in the Republican conference, Johnson last […]