"House Speaker Johnson's Stand on Averting Shutdown Sparks Republican Revolt"
TL;DR
Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that he will stand by the spending deal he negotiated with Democrats to avert a government shutdown, despite pressure from hard-right Republicans to abandon the agreement. This decision means that Johnson will need to work with Democrats to pass a short-term bill to keep the government funded past upcoming deadlines. The hard-right Republicans are furious at the spending levels in the bipartisan plan and have threatened to force a vote to oust Johnson, but he has reaffirmed the compromise, citing concessions secured by Republicans.
Topics:top-newspolitics#democrats#government-shutdown#hard-right-republicans#mike-johnson#politics#spending-deal
- Johnson Says He'll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands The New York Times
- Rep. Himes: ‘There is no way’ Speaker Johnson can ‘get 218 Republican votes’ on a spending bill MSNBC
- House Republican revolt scrambles plan to prevent government shutdown The Washington Post
- Why is another government shutdown looming? | Opinion Deseret News
- American opinion: Can a divided Washington unite? Grand Forks Herald
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