{"id":2408597,"date":"2025-03-02T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-claims-democratic-colleagues-arent-reasonable-on-cr\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:25:00","slug":"johnson-claims-democratic-colleagues-arent-reasonable-on-cr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-claims-democratic-colleagues-arent-reasonable-on-cr\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson claims Democratic colleagues aren&#8217;t &#8216;reasonable&#8217; on CR"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjohnson-claims-democratic-colleagues-arent-reasonable-on-cr%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=2408597&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 recent \u200dcomments, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed \u2062frustration over the lack of\u2062 cooperation from Democratic lawmakers regarding negotiations \u2063on a &#8220;clean&#8221;\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-faces-an-absolutely-brutal-september-filled-with-high-stakes-deadlines\/\" title=\"Congress Faces An Absolutely Brutal September Filled With High-Stakes Deadlines\">continuing resolution<\/a> (CR) aimed at \u200bfunding the government. He accused Democrats of showing no interest in negotiating to prevent a government shutdown\u200c set for March 14.Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),\u2063 a senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee,\u2063 countered that Republicans were to blame for abandoning bipartisan talks.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson emphasized the\u200c need for a cooperative effort, stating that funding should always be a bipartisan\u2062 issue and criticizing\u200d Democrats for allegedly\u2063 using funding as leverage against the Trump governance. Notably, the \u2064last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-pulls-procedural-vote-on-cr-amid-conservative-oppositon\/\" title=\"McCarthy withdraws procedural vote on CR due to conservative opposition.\">continuing resolution proposed<\/a> by Johnson received support from all Democrats, yet faced opposition from\u200c several\u2063 Republicans. He indicated hopes for a more efficient process for fiscal year 2026 \u200dand \u200dhighlighted ongoing discussions with Republicans on the Appropriations Committee.  <\/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 claims Democratic colleagues aren&rsquo;t &lsquo;reasonable&rsquo; on CR negotiations<\/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_2024576\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3321555\/johnson-laughs-democrats-party-of-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) expressed frustration that Democratic House members have &ldquo;shown no interest&rdquo; in his &ldquo;clean&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3330383\/congress-government-shutdown-talks-trump-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"continuing resolution\">continuing resolution<\/a> bill to fund the government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Congress is looking at a March 14 deadline when a government shutdown is set to take place based on the last continuing resolution from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-disturbing-findings-from-planned-parenthoods-annual-report\/\" title=\"5 Disturbing Findings from Planned Parenthood\u2019s Annual Report\">previous fiscal year<\/a>. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3334123\/government-shutdown-could-hinge-doge-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">blamed<\/a> Republicans for &ldquo;walking away from bipartisan negotiations to fund the government and raising the risk of a shutdown in so doing.&rdquo; Johnson disagreed while on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are working hard to do our&nbsp;responsibility to keep the&nbsp;government open.&nbsp;Democrats have to help negotiate&nbsp;this and to this point shown no&nbsp;interest in finding a reasonable&nbsp;solution for that,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;We are looking to pass a clean&nbsp;CR to freeze funding at current levels to make&nbsp;sure the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">government stays open&#038;nbsp<\/a>;while we incorporate all these&nbsp;savings that we&rsquo;re finding&nbsp;through the DOGE effort and the&nbsp;sources of revenue that&nbsp;President Trump&rsquo;s policies are&nbsp;bringing to the table.&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=2822596&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=3d2d71b2208ef768de7f409ef517f727\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leader-circulates-resolution-to-censure-bowman-for-theatrical-attempt-to-cause-panic\/\" title=\"House GOP leader shares resolution to censure Bowman for &#039;dramatic effort to incite fear&#039;\">continuing resolution put forward<\/a> by Johnson was supported by all Democratic lawmakers. Still, 34 Republican representatives and&nbsp;11&nbsp;senators voted against the legislation. Johnson claimed that &rdquo; government funding&nbsp;is always bipartisan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have to have partners on&nbsp;both sides of the aisle to do&nbsp;it, and we need our Democrat&nbsp;colleagues to come to the table&nbsp;and be reasonable about that.&nbsp;They want to use government&nbsp;funding as some sort of weapon&nbsp;against President Trump and his&nbsp;administration, and this is not&nbsp;the way this is supposed to&nbsp;work,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3321555\/johnson-laughs-democrats-party-of-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JOHNSON LAUGHS AT IDEA OF DEMOCRATS BEING PARTY OF DEMOCRACY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The speaker implied there will be &ldquo;a very&nbsp;different process&rdquo; for fiscal year 2026 &mdash; one that will be &ldquo;a lot more&nbsp;efficient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson last met with Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday evening for an update on negotiations.<\/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_2024576\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2024576\"}});<\/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 says Democrats are &#8216;unreasonable&#8217; in CR talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2408598,"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\/AP25007627755014.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40475,3685,4162,5894,51380],"class_list":["post-2408597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cr","tag-democrats","tag-johnson","tag-politics","tag-reasonableness"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25007627755014.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408597","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=2408597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408601,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408597\/revisions\/2408601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}