Mike Johnson Seeks Trump's Backing for Funding Plan Before Sept. 30 Deadline
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Updated · Raw Story · Jul 17
Mike Johnson Seeks Trump's Backing for Funding Plan Before Sept. 30 Deadline
1 articles · Updated · Raw Story · Jul 17
Summary
Politico reported Johnson is privately pressing Trump to endorse a plan to fund the government well before the Sept. 30 deadline, as House Republicans juggle spending and election-related demands.
The push comes after Trump's Thursday elections speech scrambled GOP plans to keep the bill clean, with leaders now trying to walk back adding pieces of the SAVE America Act.
Johnson's allies see an early shutdown fight as a possible political advantage ahead of the midterms, but winning support inside the House conference is already shaping up as a difficult whip effort next week.
Senate resistance is also emerging: John Thune publicly undercut Johnson's claim that the Senate would adopt the House budget framework before the August recess, saying, "That'd be news to me."