{"id":2400830,"date":"2025-02-09T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-dismisses-dem-lawmakers-threatening-cr-fight-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T17:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:56:46","slug":"mike-johnson-dismisses-dem-lawmakers-threatening-cr-fight-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-dismisses-dem-lawmakers-threatening-cr-fight-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson dismisses Dem lawmakers threatening CR fight &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmike-johnson-dismisses-dem-lawmakers-threatening-cr-fight-washington-examiner%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=2400830&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 (R-LA) addressed concerns \u200dabout \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-harris-raises-her-stakes-gop-leaderships-balancing-act-and-smith-pivots-on-trump-strategy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Harris raises her stakes, GOP leadership\u2019s balancing act, and Smith pivots on Trump strategy - Washington Examiner\">potential government\u2064 shutdowns<\/a>, dismissing threats from Democratic lawmakers, particularly from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), \u2064who claimed that Republicans hadn&#8217;t communicated about an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming funding proposal<\/a>.During \u200can appearance on Fox News sunday, Johnson asserted that teh House GOP is united in\u200c its efforts to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-schumer-file-measure-that-sets-up-process-to-ram-through-biden-stimulus-without-gop-support\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Schumer File Measure That Sets Up Process To Ram Through Biden Stimulus Without GOP Support\">budget reconciliation bill<\/a> by mid-march. He characterized the\u200c accusations from Democrats as hyperbolic, emphasizing \u200bthat\u200b their claims about substantial cuts to programs like Medicaid are baseless.\u2062 He criticized the Democratic\u200b Party for\u2064 lacking \u2064leadership and coherence, \u200csuggesting they are struggling \u2063to cope with\u2063 the implications of former President Trump&#8217;s executive orders. johnson also noted that while Democrats supported the last \u200ccontinuing resolution,\u200c there remains a \u2063faction of Republicans\u2064 opposed\u2063 to it, highlighting ongoing tensions within 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<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\">Mike Johnson dismisses &lsquo;flailing&rsquo; Democratic lawmakers threatening CR fight<\/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_1983174\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) rejected threats that his next funding proposal won&rsquo;t be supported by Democratic lawmakers in time to avoid a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson was on Fox News Sunday responding to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries&rsquo;s (D-NY) claim that &ldquo;Republicans haven&rsquo;t said a&nbsp;single thing to House Democrats&rdquo; about the impending deadline to fund the government. While the speaker has claimed the House GOP was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3289124\/mike-johnson-biden-farewell-address-not-offset-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"united\">united<\/a>&rdquo; on issuing a budget reconciliation bill as soon as late&nbsp;February, on Sunday he changed his estimate to March 14, which is the deadline stemming from the last continuing resolution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen, Hakeem is&nbsp;a good colleague but that hyperbole there&nbsp;is not helpful.&nbsp;We&rsquo;re not dramatically cutting&nbsp;Medicaid and we&rsquo;re not doing all these&nbsp;things they accuse the&nbsp;Republicans of.&nbsp;We are trying to get the country&nbsp;back on track and restore&nbsp;America&rsquo;s greatness.&nbsp;It takes some real effort to do&nbsp;it,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;There will be things we&rsquo;re&nbsp;doing in a bipartisan fashion,&nbsp;that the reconciliation process&nbsp;which we are spending all the&nbsp;time on right now is by design&nbsp;effectively a partisan exercise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3315223\/andy-kim-willing-support-democrats-government-shutdown-hold-gop-accountable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Andy Kim\">Andy Kim<\/a> (D-NJ) similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3315223\/andy-kim-willing-support-democrats-government-shutdown-hold-gop-accountable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appeared\">appeared<\/a> on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> Sunday implying he was willing to let the government shut down to hold Republican lawmakers &ldquo;accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson cast aside that threat, saying that Democrats are &ldquo;flailing&rdquo; in response to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s continued flurry of executive orders.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats, frankly, are&nbsp;flailing right now.&nbsp;They don&rsquo;t have an identified&nbsp;party leader, they don&rsquo;t have a&nbsp;real vision for the party, and&nbsp;the blitz of all the Trump&nbsp;executive actions have them in a&nbsp;dizzying pace,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;So they are flailing right now.&nbsp;I get it.&nbsp;This is politics but we are&nbsp;going to get the job done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&rsquo;s last continuing resolution was supported by all Democratic lawmakers. Still, 34 House Republicans and&nbsp;11&nbsp;senators voted against the legislation.<\/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_1983174\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1983174\"}});<\/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>Mike Johnson brushes off &#8216;flailing&#8217; Dems&#8217; shutdown threats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2400831,"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\/2025\/01\/Johnson-2025-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50104,50103,34218,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2400830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cr-fight","tag-dem-lawmakers","tag-mike-johnson","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnson-2025-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400830","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400834,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400830\/revisions\/2400834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}