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BumRushDaShow

(143,482 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:45 PM Nov 12

Mike Johnson clings to Trump ahead of government funding standoff

Source: Axios

3 hours ago


Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is carefully avoiding tying himself to a position on government funding that President-elect Trump could publicly denounce or destroy.

Why it matters: Johnson's majority for the GOP in the House will be tiny (as small as a 2-vote margin) — and that's if Trump stops hiring House lawmakers for administration jobs.

  • Government funding expires in December. GOP leaders preferred a funding stopgap to March. But House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is floating funding through September.
  • If Trump does keep raiding the House, many of those seats will be filled by the fall. The reinforcements might not be there by March.
  • Johnson doesn't expect any other House members to get Trump gigs, he said Tuesday.


  • Between the lines: Johnson will have zero room for error in January's speaker race.

  • Scalise — who broke the ice on September vs. March in comments to Punchbowl News — can take that heat and be fine. He only has to win a majority vote on Wednesday to keep his gig.

    ✈️ That leaves Johnson in the position of figuring out what Trump wants, or at least what he'll accept.

  • Trump's "preference" on timing for government funding will "carry a lot of weight," Johnson told reporters Tuesday.

  • Johnson will meet Trump Wednesday in the Capitol, then be with Trump in Florida on Thursday and over the weekend.


  • The bottom line: Any Johnson deal will be with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who's getting his last real crack at government funding for at least two years.

    Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/12/mike-johnson-trump-government-funding
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    Mike Johnson clings to Trump ahead of government funding standoff (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 12 OP
    Johnson is a religious man. Why can't he understand that if tfg sh***s on him like he does in2herbs Nov 12 #1
    He is a religious nut which is not a positive. walkingman Nov 12 #2
    Cutting governmental funds...... Lovie777 Nov 12 #3

    in2herbs

    (3,180 posts)
    1. Johnson is a religious man. Why can't he understand that if tfg sh***s on him like he does
    Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:05 PM
    Nov 12

    everyone else that it's Gawd's will?

    walkingman

    (8,464 posts)
    2. He is a religious nut which is not a positive.
    Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:16 PM
    Nov 12

    I consider religions to be the destroyers of humanity.

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