‘Promising to Extend the Shutdown’: Johnson Under Fire After Latest Defiant Remark

‘Promising to Extend the Shutdown’: Johnson Under Fire After Latest Defiant Remark

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is coming under fire for remarks he made that would effectively guarantee a lengthy shutdown. Johnson sent House members home earlier this week, leaving the Senate with a “continuing resolution” to fund the federal government. The House bill did not pass the Senate. Now senators on both sides of the aisle are quietly attempting to craft new legislation to reopen the federal government. But the Speaker is strongl…

'I Don't Have Anything To Negotiate': Mike Johnson Holds Firm On GOP Shutdown Strategy

Credit: (Screenshot), ABC News, via YouTube As the government shutdown enters its second day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended Republican leaders’ refusal to concede to Democrats’ health care policy demands in exchange for their votes on federal funding. “Don’t ask the Republicans what we should be doing or what we should be negotiating. I don’t have anything to negotiate,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. “I sent them in good faith …

Mike Johnson Snaps When Shutdown Comments Thrown Back in His Face

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also struggled to defend Republicans’ comments.