Johnson's Tumultuous House: Chaos & Budget

0:00House Speaker Mike Johnson is steering a wildly chaotic House of Representatives with the slimmest Republican majority in modern times. We're talking all night sessions, sudden late votes, and bills whipped up behind closed doors. This week, they finally passed a bipartisan measure, funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest shutdown ever for that. Agency. Earlier this week, things dragged for five hours while Johnson huddled to save his agenda, leading to a vote tally near 11 p.m. Two weeks back, A, routine hearing turn into a midnight debate on a fresh 14-page tweak to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, before 2 a.m. Floor, vote that bombed, Democrats like Representative Ted Lu, Blast Republicans fulfilling to govern, passing extreme bills that stall out and waste floor time. Johnson admits it's ugly and longs for a normal Congress, but with factions from the freedom caucus to pragmatic conservatives, plus President Trump's demands, he just plows a head. Even some in his party call it rough.

1:01Johnson took over more than two years ago, after Kevin McCarthy got booted, joining a line of speakers like John Bainer and New Gingrich who faced early exits. That razor-thin edge means no room for dissent on party line pushes. Looking ahead to fall elections, they're eyeing another GOP-only budget package via reconciliation, headline by over $100 billion for. Trump spiting Iran, restocking munitions, and Pentagon needs. Some Republicans might ditch the drama, had home to campaign, but key players say important work remains as they push the Senate to step up. Canada News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.