House Speaker Mike Johnson expresses confidence in his party's ability to govern despite a slim majority in the new Congress, but his claims are challenged by recent history and the current political landscape.
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on Fox News last week and expressed great optimism about his party and its prospects in the new Congress . 'Look, we’re excited about this,' the Louisiana Republican declared. 'We’ve demonstrated already that we can govern with a small majority.' He’s been saying that a lot lately.
Johnson is clearly aware that the GOP will have a vanishingly small majority in the new year, but the top Republican lawmaker on Capitol Hill keeps assuring the public that he and his party 'know how to govern with that small majority.' Part of the problem with the claim is that recent history points in the opposite direction: As the current Congress prepares to wrap up, the House Republican majority has effectively no accomplishments to speak of, and Johnson has repeatedly had to rely on the Democratic minority to advance must-pass bills. But it’s not just the recent past that contradicts the House speaker’s boasts; it’s also the present. The Washington Post summarized where things stand nicely: It’s a story with several moving parts, so let’s unpack this. Didn’t the parties already agree to a bipartisan deal? Yes. After several weeks of uncertainty, Democratic and Republican leaders — from both chambers — announced a compromise package that would prevent a government shutdown, and extend the next deadline until March. Isn’t this what most Republicans wanted? Sort of. Johnson and his leadership team had to decide whether to pursue a spending package that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year in late September or a stopgap bill — called a 'continuing resolution' (or 'CR') — that would keep the lights on until March. Rank-and-file GOP lawmakers wanted the latter, assuming that the Trump White House and Republican-led Congress would be able to write a better bill
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