House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged an aggressive legislative agenda, aiming to advance a wide-ranging package of bills requested by President Trump. However, he faces internal pressure from conservative Republicans demanding substantial spending cuts. Johnson emphasized the importance of building consensus within the narrow GOP majority while outlining key priorities like border security, energy dominance, and restoring 'common sense'.
House Speaker Mike Johnson poked fun at 'flailing' Democrats on Sunday and vowed that the House of Representatives would be just as aggressive in pushing legislation as President Donald Trump has been with executive orders. Johnson made the statement during an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday' with host Shannon Bream. Johnson said House Republicans are working to compile the massive legislative package Trump has requested.
We were going to do a budget committee markup next week. We might push it a little bit further because the details really matter. Remember that I have the smallest margin in history, about a two vote margin currently. So I've got to make sure everyone agrees before we bring the project forward, that final product, and we've got a few more boxes to check, but we're getting very, very close,' he continued.
The budget bill process has not been without its share of in-fighting, however. Republican spending hawks are pushing leaders to include at least $2.5 trillion in spending cuts in the massive legislative package. One GOP lawmaker said that tension bubbled up in a closed-door meeting last week with several 'heated exchanges,' with conservatives demanding a concrete plan and minimum spending cuts at significantly higher levels than what was initially proposed.
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