Mike Johnson
Why the Defunding of Planned Parenthood for Just One Year Is Not a Victory
In the “Peanuts” cartoons, Lucy consistently invites Charlie Brown to kick a football she holds out from him, only to pull the ball away at the last moment and watch him fall on his back. “Charlie Brown, oh Charlie Brown!”…
GOP Lawmakers Eye Wish List for Possible 2nd ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson teases subsequent budget reconciliation bills to follow up on the recently enacted “big, beautiful bill,” Republicans in Congress are already filling out their wish lists for reforms they…
Even After ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,‘ Budget Fights Are Far From Over
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have delivered on the biggest legislative promises of the Republican Party with last week’s passage of the “big, beautiful bill”—extending the 2017 tax cuts and…
Mike Johnson First to Speak After Jeffries’s Record-Breaking Filibuster, Responds with Perfect Reagan Quote
For those of you who like live legislative action to play from your TV or smartphone as background noise to whatever you’re doing, I have bad news for you: The week of the long speeches is over. After the Senate’s vote-a-rama…
Big, Beautiful Bill Proves Trump Is a Generational Political Figure
He’s done it again. House Speaker Mike Johnson has managed to wrangle House Republicans in the dead of night. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk. As I’ve asked friends of mine on…
‘7 to 10’ House Republicans Ready to Vote No, Says Norman
With the Senate passing its own version of the “big, beautiful bill” around noon on Tuesday, the significantly altered budget reconciliation goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson will attempt to swiftly send the…
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