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The Daily Punch

Johnson's funding plan is in huge trouble

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to pair a six-month funding bill with the SAVE Act is on the brink of imploding. Plus: The Trump shooting task force obtains the gunman's autopsy report. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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is fueling America's workforce by visitingable News. It's Tuesday, September 10th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Speaker Mike Johnson's

0:54.6

government funding plan is in big trouble. Number two, we've got some news. The House

0:59.8

Assassination Task Force got the gunman's autopsy reports. And number three, welcome to the first

1:06.3

installment of the future of defense aviation. All right, let's get into it. Happy Tuesday morning. Congress is

1:14.6

back and all eyes are on the House as Speaker Mike Johnson's self-described, quote-unquote,

1:21.6

righteous idea to pair a six-month funding bill with the SaveVE Act is on the brink of imploding.

1:28.5

We've been talking about this on the podcast for the past several days.

1:32.2

The challenges that this proposal was expected to have as Johnson rolled it out.

1:39.2

The idea that he wanted a longer-term government funding package as well as pairing it with the SAVE Act

1:48.8

was going to have opposition, was going to be a challenge to say the least. And now we see

1:54.7

opposition to the measure ranges from hardline conservatives in the House to freedom caucus

2:00.6

members, to defense

2:01.8

hucks to moderates. That is certainly a coalition of members that without peeling away some of those

2:10.3

folks, Johnson's going to have a very hard time right now. Every move he makes to pick up votes in

2:16.4

one place, loses him votes elsewhere.

2:19.9

Let's just go through a few of the members who are signaling that they are alarmed, concerned, or would not vote for this package.

2:29.2

That includes House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers, the Republican from Alabama, who said the bill would

2:35.3

present big problems for the Pentagon. Representative Jim Banks, the Republican from Indiana,

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