To keep the government operating, House Republicans could need to approve another short-term funding package. The new head of the chamber claims that the present continuing resolution is essential, and its deadline is drawing near.
“Our first priority is to get the government funded,” Speaking on Fox News, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “Sunday Morning Futures.” “Our team is ready and working like a well-oiled machine.”
Further reporting by Newsmax revealed that Johnson claimed that last Friday, a day after he assumed office, an energy and water appropriations package was enacted. “and we’re moving as quickly as possible and trying to beat the deadline” when the current funding measure expires on November 17.
But he said, if the deadline draws closer and “we’re unable to finish [as] it is detailed work and it takes some time, we’ll look at another stopgap measure.”
He added, “If we run out of time on the calendar, we may need a little bit more to complete it.”
Republicans in the House are concentrating on cutting expenditure, as “we’re haunted by the federal debt, $33.6 trillion… we have to keep that in mind always.” They also wish to lower “the woke and weaponized federal government” while raising accountability and reducing expenditure.
“All of that comes into the equation of the debate, whatever the topline number is,” he said. “We worked hard to come in beneath it, and you will see that happening over the coming days.”
Speaker establishes a temporary financing gap deadline of January 15.
“Oftentimes, the Senate tries to jam the House and nominate an omnibus bill,” he said. “We’re not doing that. We have single-subject bills and our separate appropriations bill. Pushing that into January, I think, would assist us in the endeavor.”
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When asked if the rule that removed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will remain in place, allowing one House Republican to seek to take the Speaker’s chair, Johnson responded as follows:
“Everyone has told me the rule has to change.
“I’m not afraid of it because I’m going to openly work [on] transparency with every member, and everyone will fully understand what we’re doing and why that’s a big part of it,” he told Fox News.
The rule makes it “difficult for any speaker” to do the job, so “we will have some discussions about that, but it’s not my highest priority,” Johnson said.
“I said in my speech when I took the oath [I want] to decentralize the power,” he added. “I want to empower our chairman, the committees of jurisdiction, and all of the talented people in the House, make them more of a part of the big decisions and situations in the process, and ensure regular order. If we do that, we don’t have to worry about a motion to vacate.”
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When asked if he believes that President Joe Biden’s impeachment investigation will result in an official impeachment, he replied that he is aware that the committee chairmen are “working methodically” but that “political partisan games” like what the Democrats “did against Donald Trump twice” will not be utilized in an impeachment.
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“I think desperate times call for desperate measures,” he said. “That perhaps is overdue.”
He promised to talk with the concerned attorneys, but in the meanwhile, “we’re trying to move forward on this aggressively.”
“I think American people are owed these answers and are suspicious about all of this,” Johnson said. “The evidence that we have gathered so far is affirming what many of us fear may be the worst.
“As [House Oversight Committee Chairman] Jamie Comer [R-Ky.] likes to say, ‘Bank records don’t lie.’ We have a lot of evidence; the dots are being connected, and we will see where it leads.”
