President-elect Trump on Thursday said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can remain in the leadership role if he is tough on spending, while Johnson is pivoting to plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s deadline to avert a shutdown.



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Trump: Johnson will ‘easily remain Speaker’ if he takes ‘tough’ action on spending

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President-elect Donald Trump predicted that House Speaker Mike Johnson would "easily" hold onto the gavel if he course-corrects on the government funding package that has plunged Republicans into an open revolt.

Trump predicts Mike Johnson will ‘easily remain speaker’ if he course-corrects on government spending

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President-elect Trump on Thursday said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can remain in the leadership role if he is tough on spending, while Johnson is pivoting to plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s deadline to avert a shutdown. “If the Speaker acts decisively, and tough, and gets rid of all of the traps…

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President-elect Donald Trump said during an interview on Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will “easily remain speaker” if he can get tough and gut Democrat policy initiatives from the stopgap bill that Congress is trying to pass to avert a government shutdown. “Anybody that supports a bill that doesn’t take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible,” Trump s…

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Trump: Johnson Will Remain Speaker If He ‘Acts Decisively And Tough’ On Spending Bill

The spending bill was greeted with opposition from the conservative House Freedom Caucus and other GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate.

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Trump predicts Johnson will remain speaker if he nixes 'traps' set by Democrats in spending bill

Some GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill have also begun to push back on Johnson's future as speaker following the release of the funding proposal.

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Trump sends mixed signals on Johnson's future as speaker

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Speaker Mike Johnson Stuck Between Democrats and Trump on Spending Package

United States House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republican representatives will "re-group and come up with another solution" after their government spending bill was defeated earlier in the day. If a fu...

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Johnson: We will come up with another solution

Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of an end-of-year spending deal is throwing his grasp on the gavel into uncertain territory ahead of a critical Jan. 3 Speaker vote, as some GOP lawmakers question their support for the Louisiana Republican. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) came out against Johnson on Wednesday in light of the spending deal, pledging to oppose him on the House floor next month. And a handful of other Republicans are not saying if they w…

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Johnson spending deal throws Speakership into question as floor vote approaches

President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk were able to derail the original spending bipartisan agreement which was negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson. Robert Costa examines why Trump opposed the original deal, and why he supports the new one. Source The post How Trump is influencing decision-making on Capitol Hill appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.

Trump predicts Johnson will remain speaker if he nixes 'traps' set by Democrats in spending bill

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