House speaker Mike Johnson enjoyed the “waving” Democrats on Sunday and promised that the House of Representatives would be just as aggressive in pushing legislation as President Donald Trump with executive orders.
Johnson Made The explanation during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. Johnson said that house republicans are working on putting together the mass legislative package that Trump has asked.
“We are going to secure the border, we will ensure that American communities are safe. We will get the American energy -dominance back in the economy and restore common sense,” said Johnson.
“But to do all that in one big account takes a bit of time. So we are working that process very productively. We’ve been building this for a year, Shannon. Last year we had our committees of jurisdiction that works on the ideas for it To put together, “he added.
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House speaker Mike Johnson says that his democratic colleagues are ‘waving’. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
“We would do a budget committee marking next week. We can push it a little further because the details really matter. Remember that I have the smallest margin in history, about a margin of two votes. So I have to make sure That everyone agrees before we bring out the project, that end product, and we still have a few boxes to check, but we get very close, “he continued.
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However, the budget drawing process has not been without its share in combating. Republican Haviken Pushing leaders to include at least $ 2.5 trillion of cuts in the massive legislative package.
President Donald Trump pushes the congress to continue with a massive legislative package. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A GOP legislator said that the tension was bubbling in a closed-door meeting last week with various “heated fairs”, in which conservatives demanded a concrete plan and minimal cutbacks at considerably higher levels than was initially proposed.
“I think there is a lot of frustration at the moment,” the legislator told Fox News Digital. “They have tried to be included, but not every open forum they have offered is to give members the opportunity to say,” I feel that people are listening to me, “because I don’t know that is the case now. “
Speaker Mike Johnson and minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. (Getty Images)
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Reps. Chip roy, r-texas, and Ralph Norman, RS.C., two conservative members of the house budget committee, both reporters told that they wanted to see the basic line for issuing cuts at around $ 2.5 trillion.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News has contributed to this report.
