{"id":2203255,"date":"2024-03-21T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-johnson-picked-up-wins-and-losses-with-last-minute-spending-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:35:04","slug":"how-johnson-picked-up-wins-and-losses-with-last-minute-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-johnson-picked-up-wins-and-losses-with-last-minute-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson&#8217;s wins and losses in last-minute spending bill negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-johnson-picked-up-wins-and-losses-with-last-minute-spending-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2203255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s Victories and Setbacks in the 2024 Spending Bill<\/h2>\n<p>House Speaker \u200dMike Johnson (R-LA) navigated through the tumultuous waters of the last-minute minibus spending bill, striving to avert a looming government shutdown and secure vital funding. Released in\u200d the dead of night, the $1 trillion, 1,012-page minibus package\u200b culminates\u200b a nearly yearlong saga \u2064of government funding negotiations, marking both triumphs and tribulations for Johnson.<\/p>\n<h3>Wins:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Border Security:<\/strong> Johnson celebrated significant wins in border security appropriations, securing over $496 million to recruit 22,000 Border \u200bPatrol agents, the most extensive funding to date. Notably, increased funding of $283.5 million\u200c facilitated\u2062 acquiring cutting-edge border security technology, alongside the revival of $103.4 million \u2064for existing security tools like autonomous surveillance\u2062 towers.<\/li>\n<li>Considerable provisions were made for detecting narcotics\u2063 such as fentanyl, with a commendable $1.2 \u2063billion to counter narcotic flows.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced overtime pay for Border Patrol agents and reinforcements in Customs and \u2064Border Protection personnel underscore Johnson&#8217;s dedication to fortifying the nation&#8217;s borders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The investments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-all-the-states-standing-with-texas-against-bidens-border-assault\/\" title=\"States supporting Texas against Biden's border actions\">border security stand<\/a> out as a cornerstone \u2064of our efforts, fortifying our \u2064national defense,&#8221; highlighted Johnson in a\u2062 resounding statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Losses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Border Security:<\/strong> Despite gains in \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-texas-border-counties-have-to-pick-up-slack-at-the-border\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott: Texas border counties have to pick up slack at the border\">border security funding<\/a>, Johnson faced \u200dsetbacks as\u2063 Democrats underscored \u200bthe absence of funds for the controversial \u200cborder wall\u2064 projects. Measures such as supporting transgender detainees and \u2063aiding families\u200d separated at the U.S.-Mexico border demonstrate the divergent \u2062views on border policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wins:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hawkish\u200d Defense Spending:<\/strong> Prioritizing\u200b national \u2063defense,\u2062 Johnson championed a $27 billion boost in defense \u200dallocations, emphasizing strategies to counter China and bolster military capabilities.\n<li>Key provisions include amplifying munitions production, escalating security collaboration with Taiwan, and withholding funding for specific virology institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy budget cuts were executed in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, alongside announcing \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-plans-to-give-federal-government-workers-a-raise-in-2023\/\" title=\"Biden Plans To Give Federal Government Workers A Raise In 2023\">substantial pay raise<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-california-law-limits-rental-deposits-to-one-months-rent\/\" title=\"California law now restricts rental deposits to just one month's rent.\">military service\u200d members<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Losses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Failure of DEI Reduction Efforts:<\/strong> While efforts to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion programs were part of Johnson&#8217;s agenda,\u2063 resistance from Democrats thwarted substantial changes in the bill. Republicans faced defeat in curtailing DEI \u2063initiatives \u200dacross various government sectors, signaling the resilience of such programs in today&#8217;s political landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Explore further insights\u200c from the \u2064Washington Examiner on this topic.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) navigated through a last-minute minibus spending bill, securing a hard-won victory amid challenges. The $1 trillion, 1,012-page bill, revealed post-midnight, puts an end to a yearlong funding saga, avoiding a government shutdown. Johnson emerges with a mix of victories and setbacks, illustrating the complexities of Congressional negotiations in funding the government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2203256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080553056850-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24080553056850-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}