Political and Legislative

House Speaker Mike Johnson Rejects Hard-Line Tactics in Move to Avoid Government Shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to support a short-term stopgap spending bill marks the latest instance of the new Speaker rejecting tactics favored by hard-line conservatives as he navigates a bare-bones GOP majority.

The bipartisan proposal significantly lowers the chances of a partial government shutdown after Friday’s deadline, and it mirrors the two-step framework conservatives championed as part of the previous continuing resolution (CR) in order to avoid a massive end-of-year, whole-of-government omnibus bill.

But it is not buying the new Speaker any goodwill among hard-liners, who are speaking out against his decision to cut another “clean” continuing resolution deal with Democrats.

Read the source article at The Hill

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