Johnson's Chaos: GOP House in Turmoil

0:00House Speaker Mike Johnson is straight up wishing for a normal Congress, but the house under his watch is pure chaos. We're talking all night grind sessions, hours of dead time on the floor, bills whipped up behind closed doors, and snap votes that flop or fly. This week, though, they pulled off a win, passing a bipartisan measure to fund most of Homeland Security and in the longest agency shutdown on. Earlier this week, Johnson spent five hours in secret huddles to save his agenda, leading to a vote tally kicking off near 11 p.m., just two weeks. Back, a routine hearing turned into a midnight rollout of a 14-page tweak to the Foreign Intelligence Surreillance Act rushed to the floor at 2 a.m., only to crash and burn. That slim Republican majority barely enough votes to breathe makes every move a high-wire act for Johnson, who's been Speaker over two years since. Kevin McCarthy got booted. He's balancing President Trump's demands with fights from the hard-line Freedom Caucus and more moderate holdouts, all while his own job hangs by A, thread-like past speakers.

1:06Democrats like Representative Ted Lu blasted as Republicans who can't govern, churning out extreme bills that stall out. On the GOP side, some point fingers at the Senate for ignoring their work, but they admit its ugly tough calls amid the tension. Looking forward to fall elections, they're eyeing another solo GOP budget push, Reconciliation 3.0, with over $100 billion. For troops in the war against Iran, restocking munitions and Pentagon boosts. Campaigning might tempt them to bail on the drama, but the grind goes on as they plow ahead. Canada News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.