House Republicans regrouping after government funding bill fails

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Source: ABC News

December 19, 2024, 8:34 PM


Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday night that Republicans will "regroup" and "come up with another solution" after the government funding bill they negotiated with President-elect Donald Trump that would avert a government shutdown failed to pass.

The bill failed by a 174-235-1 vote with 38 Republicans voting against it.

Johnson blamed Democrats for the bill's failure. “The only difference on this legislation was that we would push the debt ceiling to January of 2027,” Johnson claimed. “I want you all to remember that it was just last spring that the same Democrats berated Republicans and said that it was irresponsible to hold the debt limit, the debt ceiling, hostage. What changed?”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries celebrated the bill's defeat, saying in a statement that Republicans were “not serious” about helping working class Americans.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-dig-gop-negotiates-shutdown-looms/story?id=116946176

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1. Mike Johnson New Weasel Plan straight ahead

Everytime Republicans negotiate a deal, they pull the rug. Border Deal? Months of negotiations. Whoops! Budget deal? Mice afraid of Muskrat.

Dissolution dealmaking is Johnson's stock-in-trade. A man of his invisible ink.

[DENVERPOPS]

2. And,

it is all by design by the Republican Party, and executed by fall guy Johnson.......

WASF

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3. What changed?

The Dems know how MFer intends to exploit a 2-year debt ceiling increase.

What hasn't changed is that Dems remember how many times Repukes have used the debt ceiling as a cudgel against them.

Eat shit Johnson.

[mountain grammy]

4. 38 rethugs voted against it

If he could control his caucus he would win. How dare he blame Democrats. What a snake.