Mike Johnson Sticks With Budget Deal, Rebuffing GOP Hard-Liners - The Wall Street Journal

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House speaker has faced criticism from colleagues about $1.66 trillion top-line agreement with Democrats

House Speaker Mike Johnson has spent the past two days meeting with antispending conservatives and pro-military Republican hawks behind closed doors.Photo: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) said that he was sticking for now with a budget deal he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)

setting top-line fiscal 2024 spending levels at $1.66 trillion, siding with the faction of the GOP conference that favors more robust military spending over a hard-line group pushing for deeper cuts.

The decision comes at a critical juncture, as Johnson has faced criticism from the small but outspoken bloc of GOP conservatives over the deal. Any changes by Johnson would have risked derailing efforts with Democrats to keep the government funded past the coming deadlines of Jan. 19 for some parts of the government and Feb. 2 for the rest.

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January 13, 2024 at 05:31AM
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Mike Johnson Sticks With Budget Deal, Rebuffing GOP Hard-Liners - The Wall Street Journal

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