The House Freedom Caucus is ticked over Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Will we see another Speaker vote?
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) won’t say no:
“I’m leaving it on the table. I’m not gonna say I’m gonna go file it tomorrow. I’m not saying I’m not going to file it tomorrow,” the Texas conservative said Tuesday on “The Steve Deace Show.””I think the speaker needs to know that we’re angry about it. He needs to know that we need to sit down at the table and try to solve this.”
Roy is not the only one:
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., a hardliner who opposes Johnson’s deal, told Fox News Digital Wednesday morning that he was “not one to start a fight” over his leadership but agreed the option should remain there.”I think that the motion to vacate is an important measure,” he said. “I don’t think members should take it off the table. Because at the end of the day, my district, people are very frustrated. And if you’re in a situation where… you’re more fearing the moderates than you are the conservatives, that we’re going to… continue to have bad outcomes.”
I have the video cued to start when Chip joins the show.
Roy tweeted yesterday:
Johnson bragged that the deal sets a $1.59 trillion spending level for 2024.
“While these final spending levels will not satisfy everyone, and they do not cut as much spending as many of us would like, this deal does provide us a path to: 1) move the process forward; 2) reprioritize funding within the topline towards conservative objectives, instead of last year’s Schumer-Pelosi omnibus; and 3) fight for the important policy riders included in our House FY24 bills,” Johnson boasted.
However…Johnson’s buddy Schumer “pointed to an additional $69 billion as part of a ‘side agreement’ between former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden in the debt ceiling deal to account for the discrepancy.”
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