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Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« on: September 09, 2024, 08:38:58 pm »
Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
Johnson will likely be forced to seek Democratic support for his plan
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published September 9, 2024 7:14pm EDT

House GOP leaders' plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this month could be derailed by mounting opposition from fiscal hawks within their own party.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rolled out legislation late last week to extend the current year's government funding levels through March via a continuing resolution (CR) to give congressional negotiators more time to work out the next fiscal year's spending priorities.

It's attached to a Republican-led bill for a proof of citizenship requirement in the voter registration process.

At least five House Republicans have come out against the plan as of Monday evening, meaning Johnson almost certainly needs Democratic votes to get it passed.

Despite former President Donald Trump blessing the plan, Johnson can afford little room for error with a razor-thin House majority of just four votes.

Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., told reporters on Monday that he and Reps. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., are all opposed.

"I've made it clear…that I'll be a no on the CR," Mills said. "As far as I'm concerned, this is nothing more than messaging."

Fox News Digital reached out to Burchett to confirm his stance.

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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2024, 08:47:28 pm »
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It's a position that is likely to worry moderates who worry the political fallout from a government shutdown weeks before Election Day could cost them their seats.

"If we shut down, we lose," one Republican told Fox News Digital last week.
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2024, 09:16:55 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on September 09, 2024, 08:47:28 pm
"If we shut down, we lose," one Republican told Fox News Digital last week.

BS.  You lose by surrendering.  Every friggin' time.
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2024, 09:21:18 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on September 09, 2024, 08:38:58 pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rolled out legislation late last week to extend the current year's government funding levels through March via a continuing resolution (CR) to give congressional negotiators more time to work out the next fiscal year's spending priorities.

Not just 'no', but 'HELL NO!'.  This is what you told us last time - that you needed more time to work out the next fiscal year's spending priorities.  So even with Republicans in control of the House, our spending is still fixed on Nancy Pelosi's last budget, with 'mandatory' across-the-board increases, of course.  Republicans are gutless cowards.  Either fight against the Democrats, or cave.  And Johnson has already decided to cave, just like McCarthy, Ryan, Boehner, etc.
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2024, 09:23:22 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on September 09, 2024, 09:16:55 pm
BS.  You lose by surrendering.  Every friggin' time.

Exactly !!!
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2024, 09:28:51 pm »
Why would alleged conservatives (or anyone) object to verifying citizenship in a Federal Election?

Stinking RINOs.
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2024, 05:45:20 pm »
   Rep. Massie (R-KY) is on fire in this Video.

Rep. Massie: "I refuse to be a thespian in this failure theater." 9/9/24


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKJvopAUX0
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Re: Mike Johnson faces conservative mutiny over Trump-backed plan to avert government shutdown
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2024, 05:48:34 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on September 09, 2024, 09:16:55 pm
BS.  You lose by surrendering.  Every friggin' time.

EVERY friggin time.

That's right.
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