Biden White House Swipes at Newsmax, Trolls GOP Over Shutdown
“Nobody except Newsmax” is rooting for the “dangerous chaos and financial pain” that would come with a government shutdown, the Biden White House said Wednesday in a statement swiping the House GOP’s far-right wing and its favorite MAGA cable outlet.
Ahead of the House of Representatives returning from Christmas recess this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on spending levels that would fund the U.S. government through 2024. The deal is largely in line with the bipartisan budget that then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached with President Joe Biden last year—an agreement that eventually led to McCarthy’s ouster from leadership by hardline Republicans.
And now those conservative lawmakers have threatened to scuttle any spending deal that would avert a shutdown.