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Johnson has been under intense pressure from Republican hard-liners, who see the new speaker’s dealmaking with Democrats as anathema to their conservative agenda. And overriding their concerns to pass the short-term funding package with help from the majority of Democrats does little to help his case. Moreover, he argued, working with Democrats and brokering a deal – even if it’s not the one he wants – is necessary given their shrinking majority. Come Monday, their majority will shrink to 217 – the smallest Republican majority in the history of Congress – as Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio resigned to accept a job as a university president. “Here we are again, with House Democrats once again providing the votes to avert a costly shutdown.
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Johnson is peddling the stop-gap spending measure by emphasizing how the package buys time for Congress to complete its 12 appropriations bills. The Best Political Cartoons on Congress View All 127 Images“Everyone understands the reality of where we are,” Johnson said at a press conference Wednesday morning. Johnson cut a deal with Schumer to back a top-line funding total key to preventing a government shutdown. “A small group of hard-right extremists seem dead set on making a shutdown a reality,” Schumer said Tuesday. “House and Senate negotiators worked hard to reach an agreement on top-line funding levels for the current fiscal year.
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Videos show several Ohio politicians gingerly sipping on tap water near a toxic train derailment. "I'll tell you, we believe in science, so we don't feel like we're being your guinea pig," Regan told Carolyn Brown, whose house they were in. "But we don't mind proving to you that we believe the water is safe," Regan continued. "That's pretty good water," Regan said after drinking from a red plastic cup. "You just saw us all drink a glass of water, our municipal water system here in East Palestine is safe.
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