The House speaker is set to put a budget resolution up for a floor vote on Tuesday but is facing a potential revolt from swing-district Republicans.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he preferred to pay off national debt.
Twenty-one federal employees who previously worked for the United States Digital Service, which President Donald Trump renamed via executive order to the United States DOGE Service, released a letter on Tuesday resigning in protest, claiming they would not use their technical skills to "dismantle critical public services."
A feud over whether to constrain President Trump’s authority to ignore or shift funding that Congress approves is hamstringing bipartisan government funding negotiations, with the March 14 deadline to avert a shutdown fast approaching.
House Republicans remain divided over the budget blueprint to jumpstart the process to advance Trump's agenda, putting a vote planned for Tuesday evening in jeopardy.
The pressure is on today for House Speaker Mike Johnson to kick-start the chamber’s push to deliver on President Donald Trump ’s agenda.