There are more than enough members of Congress to pass these bills. The fact that you even have to tell him to block them from a floor vote shows how powerless the Speaker is when the majority party has no unified mandate.
He doesn’t bring it to the floor it doesn’t get a vote without process.
Exactly. Congress it out of control and it’s not his fault. Johnson has a horrible job, balancing a lot of various interests (his caucus, policy, politics and campaigning and so much more than just spending) and walks over tripwires if just one person can remove him. He has put several bills over to the Senate where Schumer sits on them. He can’t get things done by himself.
I think he’s been pretty good overall. Even though the media called him a “wonk” and a “compromise” he does seem to me to be a calculating political animal. As for this vote, my gut tells me he didn’t want to head into the next election with a government shutdown and hand the Dems all these talking points. The GOP needs to get their act together and present a unified message. A lot of them need to be replaced but that has to come from the voters. Hopefully in passing this interim bill the GOP can go back to their voters and generate more political capital. Don’t turn on Johnson, turn on Jeffries and Schumer and Biden.