Report: Joe Biden ‘Winner’ of 118th Congress After Steamrolling Speaker Johnson Wendell Husebø 22 Apr 2024
President Joe Biden, 81, is the “winner” of the 118th Congress after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) bent the knee to Biden and many of his 2024 priorities, according to Punchbowl News, an establishment media organization that covers Congress.
Biden’s steamroll of Johnson is a sore reminder of how Republicans often decline to use their capacity to push conservative policies popular with the base, perhaps fearing reelection. Democrats, in contrast, often appear to use their power without qualms.
Johnson’s stint as Speaker illustrates why many conservatives remain frustrated with the Republican Party. Instead of using his leverage to secure the southern border, impeach Biden, cut runaway spending, or “shake up Washington,” Johnson gave Biden “pretty much everything” Biden asked for “without having to concede much in return,” Punchbowl reported.
The policies Biden can tout heading into the November election due to Johnson’s leadership include:
Reauthorizing FISA
Subsidizing Ukraine war
Avoiding impeachment
Keeping spending levels in place
Losing control of GOP House
Biden’s recent success is a positive sign for the embattled president, who suffers from historically low polling, age concerns, Democrat opposition over the Israel/Hamas war, and poor enthusiasm.
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