{"id":10807,"date":"2023-10-28T13:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T13:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/gop-rebels-faith-in-speaker-johnson-on-spending-fight-could-avert-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T13:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T13:46:34","slug":"gop-rebels-faith-in-speaker-johnson-on-spending-fight-could-avert-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/28\/gop-rebels-faith-in-speaker-johnson-on-spending-fight-could-avert-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP rebels\u2019 faith in Speaker Johnson on spending fight could avert government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Conservatives\u2019 trust in new Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., would likely give him enough leeway to avert a government shutdown with a short-term spending bill if one is needed to fund the government past Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

Multiple conservatives who opposed ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s 45-day \u2018clean\u2019 continuing resolution (CR), which is currently funding the government at fiscal year 2023 levels, have said they would support Johnson in bringing a CR to the floor with certain preconditions. Johnson has come to his role having earned the \u2018trust\u2019 that others in leadership lacked with the hardline right, the members told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., for instance, said \u2018it would be hard to get anything as far as a CR\u2019 if anyone else were in Johnson\u2019s place \u2018because the conservatives are used to getting basically rolled in all of this.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018He just has credibility. We know he means what he says and says what he means,\u2019 Norman told Fox News Digital of the new speaker. \u2018He just has got the trust level to be able to do that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Johnson was elected unanimously by all present House Republicans earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He pledged to continue the House GOP\u2019s work to pass 12 individual spending bills. But speaking with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Johnson suggested he\u2019d be open to a CR if needed to avoid a government shutdown next month, but it would have to meet certain conditions.<\/p>\n

McCarthy had tried to pass a CR that slashed current government spending levels and would have included portions of House Republicans\u2019 border security bill. But 21 GOP lawmakers voted against that bill in late September, killing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of those lawmakers was Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who said he would at least be open to hearing Johnson out.<\/p>\n

\u2018If Speaker Johnson comes to me and explains to me the situation, and I feel comfortable in what he\u2019s saying, then I would never say never on this go-round just because it\u2019s a different situation,\u2019 Burchett said, adding that his ultimate decision would be \u2018content-driven.\u2019<\/p>\n

Burchett said any CR he\u2019d sign onto needed to show \u2018true savings\u2019 and \u2018border security.\u2019 He said, \u2018The one thing we\u2019re required to do is pass a budget and 12 appropriations bills. And if we can, if you can show me that we\u2019re going to move towards that, then I\u2019m all for it.\u2019<\/p>\n

But he suggested that he\u2019d only support it once, warning: \u2018I might give him one bite at that apple but there won\u2019t be two shots at that, I can tell you that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., another of the 21, would not say if he would support a CR with conservative policy points but called on Congress to continue its appropriations work \u2014 something Johnson has vowed to do.<\/p>\n

\u2018The House needs to pass the remaining appropriations bills with conservative wins, and we need to have worked with the Senate to conference the bills we\u2019ve already passed.\u2019 Burlison said when asked what a CR would need to have to get his support.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., who voted for the conservative CR but against McCarthy\u2019s 45-day measure, predicted that many of his colleagues on the right would extend goodwill to Johnson.<\/p>\n

After noting that he could not speak for all GOP members, Good told Fox News Digital that a short-term spending bill could be acceptable. \u2018I think most if not all of our conference will be open to some type of short-term spending bill, if necessary, to complement the efforts to pass the bills that would have some kind of win or wins for the American people,\u2019 Good said.<\/p>\n

He said of Johnson: \u2018He starts out with bringing a new level of trust that has been lacking in our leadership.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018He is a demonstrated conservative who will be a partner in advancing the conservative agenda that almost all Republicans run on,\u2019 Good said.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.<\/p>\n

Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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EXCLUSIVE: Conservatives\u2019 trust in new Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., would likely give him enough leeway to avert a government shutdown with a short-term spending bill if one is needed to fund the government past Nov. 17. Multiple conservatives who opposed ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s 45-day \u2018clean\u2019 continuing resolution (CR), which is currently funding the government at <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}