{"id":2629428,"date":"2026-07-14T06:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-works-to-flip-gop-holdouts-as-blockade-shows-signs-of-thawing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:09:14","slug":"mike-johnson-works-to-flip-gop-holdouts-as-blockade-shows-signs-of-thawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-works-to-flip-gop-holdouts-as-blockade-shows-signs-of-thawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson works to flip GOP holdouts as blockade shows signs of thawing"},"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\">26<\/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-works-to-flip-gop-holdouts-as-blockade-shows-signs-of-thawing%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=2629428&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) is actively working to secure Republican support to break a legislative stalemate that has paused floor votes for weeks. A key strategy involves uniting various GOP factions,including those demanding the passage of the SAVE America Act,which emphasizes voter ID requirements adn border security policies from former president Trump. Johnson plans to introduce a procedural measure to reopen the House floor, but faces challenges as some Republicans have opposed prior votes and conditions, such as attaching the SAVE America Act to appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to resolve the blockade include negotiations on incorporating border security measures into broader bills and discussions with the White House, especially involving Office of Management and budget Director Russell Vought. Some GOP members remain skeptical about the legislation\u2019s passage, especially in the Senate, and require concrete commitments, such as seeing border security and immigration policies addressed before supporting the measures.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, leadership aims to pass a bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-senators-reintroduce-bill-to-enact-year-round-daylight-saving-time\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Group Of Senators Reintroduce ... To Enact Year-Round Daylight Saving Time\">make daylight saving time permanent<\/a>, a priority for Florida Republicans, as part of this legislative push. Despite setbacks like Vice President JD vance canceling his planned appearance at a GOP conference, there is hope that upcoming procedural moves and negotiations may lead to the resolution of the ongoing deadlock and allow legislative progress before the August recess.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) is ramping up efforts to win over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1577\">GOP<\/a> holdouts as a weekslong legislative blockade shows early signs of breaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans are set to meet on Tuesday morning as a conference for the first time since leaving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington<\/a> last month after a GOP blockade froze the floor, forcing GOP leadership to scrap votes two weeks in a row.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4646927\/jd-vance-backs-out-meeting-with-republicans-lisa-mcclain-top-priorities\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance cancels appearance in front of House Republicans as blockade threatens GOP agenda<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4645775\/house-prepares-ditch-daylight-saving-time-what-to-know\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House prepares to ditch daylight saving time clock changes: What to know<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4645372\/netanyahu-ro-khanna-west-bank-settlers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Netanyahu blames \u2018juvenile delinquents\u2019 for blocking Khanna on West Bank visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson, who is preparing to bring a procedural measure to the floor on Tuesday afternoon, will have to get the GOP holdouts, who are demanding that the Senate pass the SAVE America Act and that President Donald Trump\u2019s border policies be codified, on board if he hopes to reopen the floor this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a tall order, with several Republicans having opposed a procedural rule vote on the House floor on June 30. But Johnson has reasons to hope this week could bring an end to the blockade. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who is leading the faction of Republicans demanding passage of the SAVE America Act, which requires voter ID to cast a ballot and proof of citizenship to register to vote nationwide, signaled in a post on X that she would vote to reopen the floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna said she would support Johnson\u2019s strategy to merge the SAVE America Act with the National Security and State appropriations bill upon passage in the House. However, the Florida congresswoman noted her support was \u201con the condition that Speaker Johnson attaches the SAVE America Act to all the appropriation bills and all must-pass bills here in the House and ensures it is sent to the Senate as one bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf John Thune strips it out in the Senate that will be on him and the entire country should be watching what he does,\u201d Luna posted. \u201cIf he wants to actively work against Voter I.D. &#038; the SAVE America Act he must face the consequences of his actions. His State party should censure him and\/or he should be primaried if he wants to betray his constituents in this manner. That is the nature of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House has previously passed the SAVE America Act, but it\u2019s stalled in the Senate because of insufficient support to break the chamber\u2019s 60-vote filibuster threshold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna\u2019s post comes as leadership included a measure to make daylight saving time permanent, a top priority for Florida Republicans, as a pot sweetener for Luna in this week\u2019s procedural rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while Johnson\u2019s struggle with Luna might be coming to an end, the speaker must still get another faction of GOP holdouts, who felt leadership did not fulfill its promise to vote on codifying Trump\u2019s border policies ahead of the July 4 recess, to vote yes as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the slim Republican majority, Johnson can only afford to lose three GOP votes on any measure before having to rely on Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republican leadership had hoped that an appearance from Vice President JD Vance at their Tuesday morning conference would help smooth over divisions in the conference, but those hopes were dashed after the vice president canceled his expected visit over a scheduling conflict, a source familiar told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Vance will not be addressing the conference, the White House has gotten involved in ending the blockade. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought attended a meeting with the House Freedom Caucus, which includes several of the holdouts, on Monday evening, a source familiar told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vought discussed possible frameworks for a third reconciliation bill, in which leadership hopes to include elements of the SAVE America Act. House Republicans are hoping to mark up a framework for the third party-line bill as soon as Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OMB director also talked with members about making codifying Trump\u2019s border policies \u201ca top priority\u201d before the lower chamber leaves for its monthlong August recess, according to the source.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican hard-liners are skeptical that the SAVE America Act can pass through reconciliation, as it would have to pass through Senate rules, though Johnson has plans to include parts of the voter ID bill by implementing a grant program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source familiar told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that discussions are \u201congoing\u201d and that there are still questions about passing the legislation through the budget bill and not in regular order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several House Freedom Caucus members told reporters headed to the meeting that they were undecided on the rule and wanted to see where the caucus stood during their Monday evening meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) told reporters that in order for him to support the procedural measure, he wanted to see \u201ca markup on the border stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if he trusted Johnson\u2019s word, Perry said, \u201cWell, look, everybody has the best of intentions, but unfortunately, the road to Hades is paved with good intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued, \u201cSo show me, don\u2019t tell me. That\u2019s kind of where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4646927\/jd-vance-backs-out-meeting-with-republicans-lisa-mcclain-top-priorities\/\"><strong>VANCE CANCELS APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS AS BLOCKADE THREATENS GOP AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bad sign for Johnson, however, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told reporters he was a no unless something changes with respect to codifying border security and birthright citizenship, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not about promises at this point,\u201d Roy said. \u201cWe need to see movement for me on this point with the rule, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson seeks GOP support to end legislative stalemate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2629429,"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\/2026\/07\/mike-johnson-gop-holdouts-save-act-blockade.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3667,4402,6203,22940,5894],"class_list":["post-2629428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bipartisan","tag-congress","tag-gop","tag-negotiation","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mike-johnson-gop-holdouts-save-act-blockade.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629428","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629432,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629428\/revisions\/2629432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}