It’s just been reported by Politico that because of the massive backlash led by DOGE’s Elon Musk, Speaker Johnson is suddenly weighing a clear continuing resolution that wouldn’t contain any of the bloat he wrote in to the omnibloat bill.
Here’s the report:
Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership team is quietly discussing a plan B to fund the government amid conservative opposition and vocal criticism from incoming President Donald Trump’s top ally Elon Musk.
The Louisiana Republican is discussing dropping $100 billion disaster aid and other attachments and instead passing a “clean CR” — then dealing with the other issues in the new year, according to two Republicans with knowledge of the conversations.
Well this would be a step in the right direction. It’s stunning that it took tons of backlash and quite a few House Republicans opposing the bill to bring Johnson to this point. He is truly weak.