Trump's Influence Already Felt in House GOP as Spending Deal Collapses

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Trump's Influence Already Felt in House GOP as Spending Deal Collapses
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The incoming Trump administration is already asserting its power over the Republican party in the House, forcing a last-minute collapse of a bipartisan spending deal. This incident highlights the challenges facing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he navigates the demands of both his party members and the president-elect, potentially setting the stage for a contentious 2025.

this year. Though the GOP has blamed any intraparty friction on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, Trump is already giving a preview as to how he will dominate has needed to balance not only the wishes of their own members but also the commands from the president-elect. Combined with a razor-thin majority, this has made passing GOP-approved legislation along party lines difficult and at times impossible.

A second spending deal was unveiled, specifically crafted to get GOP members on board, as well as win the approval of Trump. It still extended funding to March 14 and kept the $110 billion for disaster aid and farmers, but it included language tofor another two years — relieving Trump of having to address it at the start of his second term. However, it failed on the House floor on Dec. 19, 174-235, and put Johnson in a tight spot with support for his speakership come next year.

“KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote in a post, suggesting that the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. This has been a contested claim, as the accusations occurred through a separate provision of the surveillance bill unaffected by Section 702.on the House floor after Trump’s post, when 19 Republicans defected and sunk a procedural rule to advance the legislation.

The $118 billion bipartisan Senate border deal — led for months by top GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford , top Democratic negotiator Sen. Chris Murphy , and others — included additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, as well as humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza who were affected by the Hamas-Israel war.

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