{"id":2399213,"date":"2025-02-05T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-says-house-leadership-is-dragging-their-feet\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T12:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:03:30","slug":"byron-donalds-says-house-leadership-is-dragging-their-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-says-house-leadership-is-dragging-their-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds says House leadership is &#8216;dragging their feet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbyron-donalds-says-house-leadership-is-dragging-their-feet%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=2399213&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>In a recent\u2062 interview with Fox Business, Representative \u2063Byron Donalds (R-FL) expressed his frustration towards\u200b House leadership for delaying the\u200d passage of key\u2064 legislation\u200d aligned with President Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200dagenda.He criticized House members for &#8220;wasting time&#8221; as\u200c only one bill\u200d has been passed since \u2064the start of \u200cthe session, and emphasized \u2064the urgency of various priorities, including funding for repatriating illegal aliens \u200band addressing the debt ceiling. Donalds \u200durged for a more strategic approach from the leadership, mentioning that both members from the House Freedom Caucus\u2064 and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">republican caucuses desire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fume-as-biden-fumbles-debt-ceiling-talks-never-seen-anything-like-it\/\" title=\"Democrats Fume As Biden Fumbles Debt Ceiling Talks: \u2018Never Seen Anything Like It\u2019\">mandatory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-pelosis-new-house-rules-package-silences-the-voice-of-republican-minority\/\" title=\"... Pelosi\u2019s new ... rules package silences the voice of Republican minority\">spending cuts<\/a><\/a><\/a>. House Speaker Mike \u2064Johnson (R-LA) has indicated the possibility of a single budget reconciliation bill by late Febuary, while a continuing resolution to fund\u2063 the \u2064government thru March\u2064 14 has already gained bipartisan support.Donalds sees a need for decisive action to avoid losing momentum.  <\/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\">Byron Donalds accuses House leadership of &lsquo;dragging their feet&rsquo; on Trump&rsquo;s agenda<\/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_1961105\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/byron-donalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Byron Donalds<\/a> (R-FL) expressed his frustration with fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House<\/a> members for &ldquo;wasting time&rdquo; when it comes to passing legislation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After nearly a month in session, the House of Representatives has only been able to pass one bill that President Donald Trump signed into law. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-launches-all-out-war-against-outrageous-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Launches All-Out War Against &#039;Outrageous&#039; Spending ...\">previous continuing resolution<\/a> is approaching its deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, let&rsquo;s set this record straight. Number one, House leadership has been dragging their feet creating a plan to bring us the president&rsquo;s agenda quickly,&rdquo; Donalds said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Mornings with Maria Bartiromo <\/em>Wednesday. &ldquo;So I said look, let&rsquo;s do two bills, get Tom Homan the money he needs for repatriating illegal aliens to their home country. Let&rsquo;s get the debt ceiling off of President Trump&rsquo;s back. Let&rsquo;s make sure we pass that without having Chuck Schumer have leverage over that situation. Let&rsquo;s do some money for Defense Department, and then we can do tax policy with spending cuts, energy reforms down the line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2788424&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=c2b201b15abc16e9923c9e25a6537627\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump himself has been in favor of a single budget reconciliation&nbsp;bill. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) agrees with Trump and predicts this bill could come to fruition as soon as late February, with a hard deadline of Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;House leadership has been dragging their feet. I will also add it&rsquo;s not just House Freedom Caucus members. There are members in different caucuses in the Republican conference who want mandatory spending cuts,&rdquo; Donalds said. &ldquo;House leadership needs to come up with the real strategy. The one they&rsquo;re working with now, in my view, is not going to work. I&rsquo;ve been very clear with colleagues on that. This is the first time I talked about it publicly because we are wasting time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party holds 220 seats in the House and 53 seats in the Senate, the same set of circumstances Trump faced in the first two years of his first administration.<\/p>\n<p>As speaker, Johnson has won over many Democratic colleagues in the House. Johnson&rsquo;s continuing resolution, which will&nbsp;fund&nbsp;the government through March 14, was supported by all Democratic lawmakers. 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