Just five days remain until a key government funding deadline, and even after congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle announced a deal to avert a shutdown until March, the schedule leaves little room for error.
On Sunday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released text for a continuing resolution to extend government funding into March, legislation that will need to pass both chambers of Congress before the end of this week in order to avoid a partial lapse in government funding.
So, why is Johnson doing this? I think it’s possible they’re just talking their usual bullshit and won’t actually boot him, but they totally could. I don’t follow politics enough to understand his motives here.
It would be a decent bet to gather favor with the majority of the party, even if ousted, but politicians only really have a brief phase of enough public attention to rise meteorically. I think being ousted would end any shot at that kind of upward trajectory.
Just kind of odd to me that veritable loony Mike Johnson is acting reasonably and with like, some vague facsimile of courage. I guess he could still back out. But all of this is confusing to me if he sees it through