Posted 1/10/2024, 10:23:27 AM
Johnson Angers Conservative Backers with Government Funding Deal
- House Speaker Mike Johnson's deal to fund the government angers conservative Republicans who supported him for Speaker
- Conservatives express disappointment to anger over the deal, seen as lacking deep spending cuts they sought
- Some suggest they could seek to remove Johnson as Speaker over the deal
- Johnson touts some spending cuts, but they fall far short of what conservatives demanded
- Conservatives concede Republicans have little leverage to get desired policies with Democrats controlling Congress and White House