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Mike Johnson Has 4 Words For Schumer’s Demand That Taxpayers Prop Up Left-Wing Media

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York’s demand that Congress allocate $500 million for certain media outlets Friday, saying, “We’re not doing that.” The House of Representatives passed both a short-term funding measure and a resolution honoring assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Friday.

Trump cancels meeting with Democratic leaders, deepening risk of government shutdown as funding deadline looms

President Donald Trump scrapped a White House meeting with top congressional Democrats later this week, as the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington.

Inside the Schumer-Thune shutdown cold war

The chilly relationship is a rather new development. Schumer and Thune have served together in the Senate for more than 20 years, including overlapping on the powerful Finance Committee. Even into the first Trump administration, Thune spoke about his regular run-ins with Schumer in the Senate gym.

Senate fails to advance bills to fund government as shutdown looms

The Senate action came just hours after the House sent them the short-term funding bill. The Senate voted to block that Republican short-term funding bill, failing by a vote of 44-48. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul cast votes against the legislation. Democrat Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote for it.

Schumer, Jeffries vow to oppose GOP government funding plan

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) released a joint statement Tuesday vowing to oppose a GOP-crafted bill funding government until

House passes spending bill but shutdown threat still looms

The government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown on Friday after a short-term spending bill cleared by the House was blocked in the Senate amid a broader fight over expiring health care subsidies.
The American Spectator

The Shutdown Cometh, and Not a Moment Too Soon

He’s posturing, trying to achieve a suitable temperature for a deal, and that’s his job, but House Speaker Mike Johnson’s weekend Fox appearances were a little on the suspect side this past weekend if I’m being honest.

Republicans have a plan to avert a shutdown. Democrats don’t like it.

If the government shuts down, Maryland will be disproportionately affected. And that’s the direction Congress is moving.

ACA subsidies in play as House plans Friday vote on government funding

"Congressional Republicans, including [Senate Republican] Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term "CLEAN" extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin' Chuck Schumer from shutting down the Government," Trump posted on his social media site.
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