House Speaker's budget plan faces opposition

Unlike typical budget resolutions, which fund federal agencies for a specific period of time, the measure announced by Mr. Johnson would fund some parts of the U.S. government until Jan. 19 and others until Feb. 2.

“This two-step resolution is a necessary bill to put House Republicans in the best position to win,” Johnson said in a statement after announcing the plan.

The House Republican stopgap measure does not include additional funding like aid to Israel or Ukraine, but the bill has drawn criticism from both sides.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the proposal “will only create more chaos for Republicans and more government shutdowns.”

“House Republicans are wasting valuable time with a half-baked proposal that has been criticized by members of both parties,” she said.

“I strongly oppose the bill that was just announced by the Speaker of the House,” hardline Rep. Chip Roy said on the social media platform X.

Democratic Senator Brian Schatz called Mr Johnson's measure "super complicated," adding that "all this nonsense is costing people money."

Mr. Johnson reminded Democrats that failure to reach a spending deal in 2024 would force Republicans to implement “multiple stopgap bills throughout next year with appropriate adjustments to meet national security priorities.”

House Republican hardliners are pushing to cut fiscal 2024 spending below $1.59 trillion to prevent a debt default.

But that amount is still just a small part of the total federal budget, which includes mandatory spending for Social Security and Medicare, and reaches $6.1 trillion in fiscal year 2023.

Quoc Thien (according to Reuters)

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