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 ...
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Elon Musk Splits Republican Party Further on Reconciliation Bill
“That sounds bad,” Elon Musk replied, reinforcing the MAGA wing’s opposition to Johnson’s version of the budget, which ...
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Speaker Johnson hesitates to back 'DOGE stimulus checks' idea: 'We have a giant deficit'
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers ...
Speaker Mike Johnson weighs in on DOGE stimulus checks, prefers paying off national debt
House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he ...
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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 ...
Trump and Musk want DOGE checks. Congress has other ideas.
Trump and Musk keep talking up the idea of sending checks to Americans. But GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike ...
Trump Is Making Calls to Help House Speaker Mike Johnson Convince GOP to Push 'Big' Agenda Forward
President Donald Trump has jumped in to help House Speaker Mike Johnson try to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to ...
DOGE stimulus checks: Johnson side-steps question on Trump plan, says US has 'giant deficit'
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signaled he was not a fan of a proposal to send Americans stimulus checks with the money saved ...
Will Johnson's budget plan pass in the House?
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the lower chamber is very close to having enough votes to pass the budget plan that President ...
Facing pressure at home, GOP lawmakers warn Johnson against ‘hatchet’ spending cuts
On the eve of their first major vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, key House Republicans are warning Speaker ...