CNN —After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect Donald Trump, hardline conservatives and minority Democrats, he returned to a similar joke.
However, Collins noted that Johnson — who won the gavel after conservatives’ ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off weeks of chaos in 2023 — retains Trump’s support.
Finally, on Friday — with six hours to spare before the government funding deadline — Johnson and the House GOP punted.
The House approved a three-month spending bill that included $110 billion for disaster relief and a one-year extension of the farm bill.
Some House Republicans who opposed the year-end funding bill on Friday were noncommittal on whether they’d support him.
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