Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands
Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands
The House speaker is facing intense pressure from far-right Republicans to abandon the agreement he struck with Democrats to keep the government from partially shutting down next week.
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he stood by the spending deal he negotiated with Democrats to avert a government shutdown, spurning demands from ultraconservatives who have pressured him to jettison the agreement.
The announcement, after days of public silence about what he would do, all but guaranteed that Mr. Johnson will have to work with Democrats in the coming days to pass a short-term bill to keep the government funded past a pair of deadlines on Jan. 19 and Feb. 2, going back on his promise to never bring up another temporary spending measure.
Mr. Johnson had been facing mounting pressure from the hard-right Republicans, who are furious at the spending levels in the bipartisan plan, to find an alternative. They have begun dangling the threat of forcing a vote to oust the Louisiana Republican, subjecting him to the same fate as his predecessor.
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This is the new normal. Every few weeks, passing a short-term bill to avoid shutdown. And republicans voting out the speaker until they find the one that will actually shut down the government.
Remember when they passed annual budgets every year? Good times.
When was the last time an actual annual budget was passed and signed? I honestly can't remember.
Was it under Obama?
I think it was pre-Obama but I don’t remember either.
2016 was the last time they adopted a budget. The last time it was done on time was 1996.
https://reason.com/2023/03/21/the-budget-battle-book/
It's been normal for a while now