{"id":2217253,"date":"2024-04-10T09:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-ways-speaker-johnsons-gavel-has-forced-the-one-time-rebel-to-change-his-tune\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T13:52:09","slug":"three-ways-speaker-johnsons-gavel-has-forced-the-one-time-rebel-to-change-his-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-ways-speaker-johnsons-gavel-has-forced-the-one-time-rebel-to-change-his-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways Speaker Johnson&#8217;s leadership has compelled the former renegade to shift his stance"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fthree-ways-speaker-johnsons-gavel-has-forced-the-one-time-rebel-to-change-his-tune%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=2217253&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--><p>House Speaker \u200bMike Johnson, once \u2062under the\u200d radar, opposed Ukraine \u2063funding\u2064 initially but now seeks compromise\u2063 in a divided Congress. His \u2063shift in stance has drawn attention. Formerly against aid\u2062 for Ukraine, he \u200bnow supports \u200dsending \u2064aid amid pressure \u2064from his party. Similarly, he&#8217;s pivoted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-passes-stopgap-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress approves temporary bill to prevent government shutdown.\">stopgap spending bills<\/a>,\u2064 aligning with Democrats \u2063and\u200d causing concern \u2062among Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson \u200dhas\u200d undergone a notable transformation in his political positions, shifting \u200dfrom opposing\u200c Ukraine funding to\u2062 supporting it under \u200bpressure. Additionally, he has adjusted his\u2063 approach on\u200b stopgap spending bills, now collaborating with Democrats, which has raised concerns among his fellow Republicans. His\u200c evolving \u2063stances have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analyst-weighs-in-on-daniel-penny-chokehold-case\/\" title=\"Expert analyzes Daniel Penny's chokehold case.\">garnered significant attention<\/a> and scrutiny \u200cwithin Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) was once a representative who largely flew under the radar and was unknown nationally.<\/p>\n<p>He opposed <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> funding in the early days of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia\u2019s<\/a> war in Ukraine, but now, as speaker, he must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/10\/world\/europe\/as-speaker-johnson-advances-what-he-once-opposed-enraging-the-right.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>work for compromise<\/a> in a largely divided Congress, forcing him to change his tune. Going from being a Ukraine funding skeptic to backing more spending isn\u2019t the only position the speaker has changed since rising to the top of the chamber. <\/p>\n<p>And the shifting hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed by Johnson\u2019s allies inside and outside the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Judiciary Committee Member Mike Johnson has a bone to pick with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson,\u201d Adam Brandon, the president of FreedomWorks, a center-right advocacy group, told the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Aid for Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Johnson was opposed to sending cash support to Ukraine in the early days of Russia\u2019s invasion. At the time, he pointed to problems the United States had at the southern border and the need to address those problems before looking abroad. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be sending another $40 billion abroad when our own border is in chaos, American mothers are struggling to find baby formula, gas prices are at record highs, and American families are struggling to make ends meet, without sufficient oversight over where the money will go,\u201d Johnson said in May 2022. Russia invaded Ukraine three months earlier in February.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s tone has since changed as he feels the pressure from his shrinking Republican House majority, which has been plagued by early retirements and members stepping down. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand the role that America plays in the world,\u201d Johnson said at a news conference last month. \u201cWe understand the importance of sending a strong signal to the world, that we stand by our allies and we cannot allow terrorists and tyrants to march through the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, as the speaker, Johnson might be risking his position if he brings a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aligned-group-comes-out-against-biden-106-billion-foreign-aid-bill\/\" title=\"Trump-aligned group opposes Biden's 6B foreign aid bill.\">foreign aid bill<\/a> to the floor for a vote. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has threatened to oust Johnson if he brings the bill to the floor. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Democrats have suggested they will protect Johnson from a motion to vacate if it comes on the heels of a vote on Ukraine aid. But with such a small majority in the House, it\u2019s unclear whether Democrats would pivot and try to place Jeffries in the top position instead.<\/p>\n<h2>Stopgap spending bills<\/h2>\n<p>When then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy put forth a stopgap bill to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown late last year, Johnson opposed the measure. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Johnson has used multiple stopgap bills to fund the government, compromising with Democrats and dismaying Republican colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>January\u2019s stopgap bill passed in the House by a 314-108 <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2024\/01\/19\/speaker-mike-johnson-house-republicans-stopgap-funding-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vote<\/a>, but only about half of Republicans voted in favor of it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t need our votes for the material bills that matter for the country \u2014 such as funding the government and our major spending packages \u2014 and you continue to pass those under suspension of the rules with predominantly Democratic votes, then don\u2019t presume you\u2019re going to have our votes for the messaging bills that don\u2019t matter, that make us feel better, but are dead on arrival in the Senate,\u201d Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) said. <\/p>\n<h2>Surveillance reform<\/h2>\n<p>Some Republicans are threatening to sink a vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key government surveillance tool. Section 702 allows the U.S. to surveil foreigners suspected of terrorism in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was the speaker, Johnson advocated huge reforms to the surveillance program. But the changes he is planning on asking the House to vote on are much smaller in scale. As a result, Republicans are threatening to tank the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rule is going to be tanked,\u201d Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said. \u201cIt sounds like only two votes are needed, as I understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That intransigence is frustrating the speaker, who said he is trying to find a compromise that achieves at least small wins for FISA reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our bill fails, we will be faced with an impossible choice and can expect the Senate to jam us with a clean extension that includes no reforms at all,\u201d Johnson wrote. \u201cThat is clearly an unacceptable option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>National security officials also argued the rule is vital to combating threats against the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFISA and Section 702 have been essential to intercepting communications of dangerous foreign actors overseas, understanding the threats against our country, countering our adversaries, and saving countless American lives,\u201d Johnson said in a letter to colleagues on Friday. \u201cOur responsibility now is simple: maintain the tool but strictly prohibit future abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly a low-profile figure, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) initially opposed Ukraine funding during Russia&#8217;s early war days. Now, tasked with uniting a divided Congress, he navigates towards compromise. The shift from obscurity to key leadership role has prompted him to adapt and evolve his approach, showcasing a transformation in his political stance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2217254,"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\/04\/mike-johnson-1024x605.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217253","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\/04\/mike-johnson-1024x605.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217253","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}