{"id":2381614,"date":"2024-12-18T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-republicans-lash-out-against-mike-johnsons-spending-plan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:59:33","slug":"trump-and-republicans-lash-out-against-mike-johnsons-spending-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-republicans-lash-out-against-mike-johnsons-spending-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Republicans lash out against Mike Johnson&#8217;s spending plan"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-and-republicans-lash-out-against-mike-johnsons-spending-plan%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=2381614&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 Mike Johnson&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-massive-spending-bill-in-middle-of-the-night\/\" title=\"Senate Approves Extensive Spending Bill During Late Night Session\">extensive spending bill<\/a> is facing meaningful opposition from within the Republican Party, pushing \u2063Congress closer to a potential shutdown. Criticism intensified after a joint statement from former President Donald Trump and vice President-elect J.D. Vance highlighted &#8220;sweetheart provisions&#8221; in the legislation, prompting calls for a clean continuing\u200b resolution without extra concessions to Democrats. Trump and Vance suggested passing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-funding-bill-will-include-12-billion-in-additional-ukraine-spending\/\" title=\"Government Funding Bill Will Include  Billion in Additional Ukraine Spending\">temporary funding bill<\/a> that avoids giving Democrats\u2063 what they want and argued that any increase in\u2062 the debt ceiling\u200c should occur under \u2063President Biden&#8217;s governance. <\/p>\n<p>The current \u2063spending bill, which includes substantial disaster aid and provisions for lawmakers&#8217; pay raises, has \u2063drawn backlash\u200c from\u200d various\u2063 Republican figures who argue it\u200d lacks necessary spending cuts.The anticipated vote on this bill\u2063 has been postponed \u2063due to the uproar, raising questions about Johnson&#8217;s leadership and future support from House\u200d Republicans. Some members, including Rep. Thomas Massie, have indicated they might support an \u200calternative candidate for speaker, reflecting the growing dissatisfaction with Johnson&#8217;s proposal.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump and Republicans lash out against Mike Johnson&rsquo;s spending plan, putting Congress closer to shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890749\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a>&lsquo;s (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-mccarthy-negotiations-gop-landed-on-most-significant-win-for-conservatives-in-a-decade\/\" title=\"In McCarthy Negotiations, GOP Landed On \u2018Most Significant Win For Conservatives In A Decade\u2019\">thousand-page spending bill<\/a> is on life support, and his speakership could be in danger as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP conference\">GOP conference<\/a> revolted against the legislation en masse.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of the bill, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3264641\/winners-losers-congresss-massive-funding-bill-avert-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"stuffed full of additional spending and unrelated provisions\">stuffed full of additional spending and unrelated provisions<\/a>, reached a crescendo when President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance released a joint statement criticizing the &ldquo;sweetheart provisions&rdquo; hiding in the legislation, telling Republicans to call Democrats&rsquo; bluff should they fail to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>The pair called for the House GOP to move forward with a clean continuing resolution and drop all additional provisions that were negotiated with Democrats. Trump and Vance said a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">temporary funding bill&#038;rdquo<\/a>; was needed, but one &ldquo;WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with an increase in the debt ceiling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Increasing the debt ceiling is not great but we&rsquo;d rather do it on Biden&rsquo;s watch,&rdquo; Trump and Vance said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1869495076604227726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joint statement\">joint statement<\/a>. &ldquo;If Democrats won&rsquo;t cooperate on the debt ceiling now, what makes anyone think they would do it in June during our administration? Let&rsquo;s have this debate now. And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn&rsquo;t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lawrencebjones3\/status\/1869484867932848169?s=46&amp;t=vgOs3L9Jdw1koLNS5Z1G3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"earlier in the day\">earlier in the day<\/a> that he was &ldquo;totally against&rdquo; the current continuing resolution, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-censor-office-finds-lifeline-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"State Department &#039;censor&#039; office finds lifeline - Washington Examiner\">extend government funding levels<\/a> until mid-March 2025 while also tacking on an extra $110.5 billion in disaster aid and economic assistance for farmers &mdash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3264024\/lawmakers-include-congressional-pay-raises-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provisions that several Republicans have criticized<\/a>&nbsp;for not including spending cuts elsewhere to offset the costs.<\/p>\n<p>A measure to give lawmakers a raise for the first time since 2009 was also criticized by Trump and Vance, given that many &ldquo;Americans are struggling this Christmas.&rdquo; Businessmen Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk weighed in on the bill earlier in the day, calling for it to be killed, while multiple Republican legislators said they would oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>An expected vote on the continuing resolution Wednesday night was punted after the backlash, leaving the question of when Johnson will bring a deal to the floor &mdash; and in what form &mdash; up in the air. The outrage among members also raised questions about whether Johnson will have support for his leadership for speakership elections on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll vote for somebody else,&rdquo; Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told reporters Wednesday, making him the first House Republican to say he would prop up another candidate for speaker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The CR was expected to be about 30 pages, and this is 1,500 pages,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;So it&rsquo;s 50 times worse, numerically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) indicated earlier this week that she may not vote for Johnson, telling reporters that while he is &ldquo;a very good human,&rdquo; she is not sure &ldquo;how tough he is to really govern.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m going to do yet,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear how many other lawmakers are considering an alternative to Johnson&rsquo;s speakership bid in January, but one House Republican told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>the latest funding legislation is &ldquo;almost certain&rdquo; to ignite a challenge among the conference.<\/p>\n<p>House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) told reporters that while he plans to support Johnson, he has heard from members inside and outside of the conservative bloc &ldquo;who are much closer&rdquo; to opposing him come January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are a little disappointed in how this last week has worked out,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not at that point, but there are members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several Freedom Caucus members were mum on whether they would back a challenger to Johnson. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) noted that the anger could die down before lawmakers reach the next Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of people are upset about this,&rdquo; Norman said. &ldquo;Now, will that relate to [choosing] somebody else on Jan. 3? I couldn&rsquo;t tell you. I mean, you get into the questions of who wants it, what will they do?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Norman did not indicate whether he would vote for a challenger to Johnson on Jan. 3, but the South Carolina Republican said he is &ldquo;not voting for anybody that will repeat this travesty that we&rsquo;ve had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden is bad enough, but to go along with it and to keep funding it at the levels that they are &mdash; it&rsquo;s like this is play money,&rdquo; Norman said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry, it&rsquo;s not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No Republicans have come out to say they would challenge Johnson, either, but names being floated among some corners of the GOP conference include House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), according to one lawmaker. All three ran for speaker in October 2023 after Kevin McCarthy&rsquo;s ouster.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has faced challenges to his speakership before, including an effort from Massie and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to file a motion to vacate earlier this year to remove Johnson. That bid failed in a 359-43 bipartisan vote to table the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Trump has thrown his support behind Johnson, telling Republicans in a closed-door meeting last month that he fully supports his speakership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, other Republicans have expressed support for Johnson amid the continuing resolution, noting that they still support his leadership even if they vote against the spending legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope that we can work through this because Americans deserve far better than personality conflicts and temper tantrums,&rdquo; Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) told reporters. &ldquo;Mike Johnson is in a very bad place, and we&rsquo;re going to continue to work forward to get the best package possible. But as it stands right now, this deal is a no-go for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890749\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890749\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and Republicans criticize Mike Johnson&#8217;s spending plan, risking a government shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":2381615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/120524_MUSK-14-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34218,5894,3756,40149,3634],"class_list":["post-2381614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mike-johnson","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-spending-plan","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/120524_MUSK-14-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381614","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\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381618,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381614\/revisions\/2381618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}