{"id":1458558,"date":"2024-02-21T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1458558"},"modified":"2024-02-21T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T23:20:00","slug":"close-to-a-deal-or-its-about-to-blow-up-speaker-johnson-enters-mccarthy-territory-as-march-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/close-to-a-deal-or-its-about-to-blow-up-speaker-johnson-enters-mccarthy-territory-as-march-deadline-looms\/1458558\/","title":{"rendered":"“Close To A Deal Or It’s About To Blow Up”: Speaker Johnson Enters McCarthy Territory As March Deadline Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Close To A Deal Or It’s About To Blow Up”: Speaker Johnson Enters McCarthy Territory As March Deadline Looms<\/span><\/p>\n

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While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) last week told reporters “We think we’re going to meet the deadlines” to avert a government shutdown, House Republicans are preparing for the worst closed doors, <\/strong>Axios<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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“People are predicting a shutdown even if it’s just for a few days,” one GOP lawmaker told the outlet, which notes that the government will start a two-phased government shutdown unless a budget or spending stopgap is passed by March 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re either “close to reaching a deal or it’s about to blow up<\/strong>,” one subcommittee chair recently told a fellow House Republican.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if a new budget isn’t agreed upon by April 30, it will trigger a 1% across-the-board spending cut – meaning that even if a stopgap is reached, Democrats won’t back anything past that date (since across-the-board cuts would be “A-OK for some House conservatives”).<\/p>\n

Johnson will have to either stage a fight with Democrats that threatens a shutdown, or work with Democrats to help pass a stopgap <\/strong>– exactly the move that resulted in Johnson’s predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, being ousted from his role.<\/p>\n

Johnson’s simple but risky option to avoid a shutdown would be to use Democratic votes to pass a deal with a two-thirds majority.<\/em>
\n\tBut McCarthy’s ouster<\/a> in October was sparked by him working with Democrats on a spending stopgap.<\/em>
\n\t“It’s going to be difficult to do what we need to do and not have someone do” a motion to vacate, a member who isn’t supportive of removing Johnson told Axios. -Axios<\/em><\/p>\n

That said, Republicans have no plans for what to do if they oust Johnson and make yet another competition for Speaker the central focus going into May.<\/p>\n

The report comes months after Congress kicked the can down the road with an 87-11 vote to back a temporary funding package.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the House – which is on recess, isn’t scheduled to return until Feb. 28, just days before the March 1 partial shutdown is set to trigger. If there isn’t a plan by March 8, a full shutdown will occur<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 02\/21\/2024 – 13:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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