Johnson invites Trump to address Congress
Speaker Mike Johnson said in a brief interview Thursday that he’s aiming to finalize plans for a “blueprint” for his party’s massive party-line reconciliation at the GOP retreat in Florida next week. Johnson noted the House Budget Committee, which handles writing instructions on the bill, is set to meet the week following the retreat.
President Trump is scheduled to come back to the Sunshine State Saturday before attending the GOP retreat at his Doral golf club.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.
Mike Johnson said Congress will be "looking" into former President Joe Biden's pardons for his family shortly after defending Donald Trump's Jan. 6 pardons.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying down a highly ambitious timeline to approve President-elect Donald Trump’s big-ticket legislative agenda.
By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that “there should ... are typically approved with few if any conditions. However, Johnson and other GOP leaders, including President-elect Donald Trump, have long ...
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President Donald Trump delivered remarks in Las Vegas and traveled to Miami as the administration pushes his immigration agenda.
Experts say compromise might be needed to get the president’s support for a big aid package. Some say politicization of the process would set a bad precedent.