AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Mike Johnson's government funding gambit
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants to hold a conspicuously early vote on a short-term funding bill next week — more than two months before the government runs out of money. Why it matters: Johnson may be setting himself up to win in September by losing in July. - A failed vote on a short-term spending stopgap could potentially strengthen the GOP leader's hand in another difficult challenge: securing $67 billion for the Pentagon to replenish its munitions through the reconciliation process , according to conservative lawmakers. An early defeat on a continuing resolution would give Johnson a pretext to shoehorn a spending stopgap bill into a September reconciliation package. - Call it Reconciliation 3.0 Plus. - "The Dems know,…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants to hold a conspicuously early vote on a short-term funding bill next week — more than two months before the government runs out of money. Why it matters: Johnson may be setting himself up to win in September by losing in July. - A failed vote on a short-term spending stopgap could potentially strengthen the GOP leader's hand in another difficult challenge: securing $67 billion for the Pentagon to replenish its munitions through the reconciliation process , according to conservative lawmakers. An early defeat on a continuing resolution would give Johnson a pretext to shoehorn a spending stopgap bill into a September reconciliation package. - Call it Reconciliation 3.0 Plus. - "The Dems know,…Open
