Speaker Mike Johnson's government funding strategy is on life support as defections mount
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Congress must act by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown just a month before the election.
  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just to be clear to everyone, they are defecting TO shut down the government.

    “If we can’t shut the border down, I’m in favor of shutting the government down,” Mills told reporters.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      Either way it kills the farce of a bill that they attached. They either get a shutdown, which voters always hate and blame the party responsible for (I.e the GOP) or they have to work with dems who will only pass a clean CR.

      Win win if his party doesn’t even let it out the gate.