{"id":12011,"date":"2024-02-29T20:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/house-speaker-faces-intense-pressure-over-looming-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:02:15","slug":"house-speaker-faces-intense-pressure-over-looming-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/house-speaker-faces-intense-pressure-over-looming-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker Faces Intense Pressure Over Looming Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself under intense pressure from top elected officials, including Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a White House meeting on Tuesday. Described as \u201cintense,\u201d the gathering included President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and McConnell, all urging Johnson to mobilize House Republicans to avert a looming partial government shutdown starting Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, breaking ranks with fellow Republicans, joined Democrats in urging Johnson to bring an appropriations bill to the House floor to stave off the partial shutdown and avert a larger one next week. Jeffries characterized the meeting as \u201cintense\u201d and \u201chonest,\u201d noting its productivity in discussions regarding stopgap bills aimed at funding much of the federal government. He expressed cautious optimism about avoiding a government shutdown through swift legislative action.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leader Jeffries after White House meeting: It was an intense meeting, it was an honest meeting, and\u00a0ultimately it was a productive meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w4RH3jythK\">pic.twitter.com\/w4RH3jythK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseJudiciary\/status\/1762541331690172641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Axios, Schumer confirmed Johnson\u2019s commitment to avoiding a shutdown but emphasized the need for stopgap measures to prevent appropriations bills from lapsing. He described the meeting as one of the most intense he had experienced in the Oval Office. The Hill reported the meeting as a \u201cgang-up\u201d against Johnson by McConnell and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Senate and House leaders, along with the White House, also sought additional funding for Ukraine\u2019s military. Johnson faces pressure to authorize $60 billion for Kyiv, a decision that could mirror the fate of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who faced repercussions for breaking ranks on appropriations bills last year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When I met with the White House and Congressional leaders today, my purpose was to express what I believe is the obvious truth: that we must take care of America&#8217;s needs first. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bbNWgvCVCI\">pic.twitter.com\/bbNWgvCVCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1762555737656418668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Despite the tensions, Johnson expressed optimism about reaching an agreement. He affirmed ongoing efforts to prevent a government shutdown, citing it as their foremost responsibility. \u201cWe have been working in good faith around the clock every single day for months and weeks,\u201d Johnson told reporters, emphasizing their commitment to finding a resolution and averting a shutdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/house-speaker-faces-intense-pressure-over-looming-government-shutdown\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself under intense pressure from top elected officials, including Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a White House meeting on Tuesday. Described as \u201cintense,\u201d the gathering included President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and McConnell, all urging Johnson to mobilize House Republicans to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}