In a CNN interview with host Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday evening, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (Louisiana) baselessly claimed that constituents upset with moves by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are “paid actors.”
A Democratic strategist mocked House speaker Mike Johnson's claim that town hall meetings hosted by Republican lawmakers have been populated by paid protesters. Lawmakers have been facing constituents angry about cuts to federal programs by Donald Trump and Elon Musk,
House Speaker Mike Johnson praised Elon Musk's DOGE campaign on Monday during an event hosted by "Americans For Prosperity." "For decades, as we all know, we haven't been able to do that job well. Even though we've requested data and insight,
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is going to plan a meeting with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s leader Elon Musk and House Republicans sometime soon. Johnson met with Musk at the White House on Tuesday evening.
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Mike Johnson Hits Back at Elon Musk’s Attempt to Kill Budget Bill
Mike Johnson is trying and failing to maintain the appearance of budget unity within the GOP—and Elon Musk is only making it harder. The looming Republican budget resolution is an attempt to pack Donald Trump’s beefy agenda into one “big,
Elon Musk Lobs Grenade at Johnson’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ With His Opposition
Elon Musk drove another wedge through a conservative consensus on a budget resolution as House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to hold his “big, beautiful bill” together. Johnson was caught between swing district doves wary of cuts to Medicaid and fiscal hawks insisting the $2 trillion spending cuts didn’t go far enough.
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House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Republicans are "lying" about not cutting Medicaid and took aim at Trump's billionaire advisor.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he preferred to pay off national debt.
House Republicans go to war with math as they try to save hundreds of billions of dollars without scaling back critical health care coverage, writes John Bowden
Trump and Musk keep talking up the idea of sending checks to Americans. But GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, keep batting it down.
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers.
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signaled he was not a fan of a proposal to send Americans stimulus checks with the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and that he believed the funding was better directed toward the national debt.
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