Speaker Johnson Blasts Schumer & Jeffries for Refusing to Acknowledge Facts on Government Funding

Government Funding Stalemate

• 🎯 Speaker Johnson highlighted a meeting with President Trump and Democratic leaders, stating that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries refused to acknowledge simple facts regarding government appropriations.
• 🗓️ The fiscal year ends September 30th, necessitating a short-term, clean continuing resolution to allow more time for negotiations.

House and Senate Appropriations Process

• ✅ The House has followed regular appropriations, passing 12 bills through committee and three on the floor, with the Senate also passing three bills.
• 🤝 For the first time in years, a conference committee is being formed between the House and Senate to work out differences in a bipartisan manner.

Democratic Counterproposal and Demands

• 💰 Schumer and Jeffries issued a counterproposal requesting $1.5 trillion in new spending, unrelated to the ongoing appropriations process.
• 💸 This includes restoring taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens and funding for left-leaning media outlets.
• 📉 This proposal is seen as an attempt to attach extraneous issues to a 7-week stop-gap funding measure.

Republican Stance and Consequences

• 🚫 Republicans passed a clean continuing resolution that is short-term, nonpartisan, and free of policy riders or party preferences.
• ⚖️ Johnson stated that if Democrats decide to shut down the government, the consequences will be on them.
• 🗳️ He recalled that nearly all House Democrats voted against a previous measure to keep the government open, contrasting it with the Republican minority's actions during the Biden administration.