As Speaker Mike Johnson prepares to put a three-month spending bill on the House floor next week, setting up a new funding deadline and a potential shutdown in Donald Trump’s first 100 days, many House Republicans are asking a simple question: why?
“Why not do it ‘til the end of the year?” asked Rep. Troy Nehls, referring to the end of September when the fiscal year ends.
He asked how Republicans could get a better spending deal done with a one-vote margin — Republicans are set to start the Trump administration with a 217-215 majority — and he suggested lawmakers should just pass a bill covering the next nine months.