Conservatives seethe after Johnson backs Senate plan he previously called ‘a joke’

Source: The Hill News · Bias: Center

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Hard-line conservatives are seething after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reversed course to back a Senate plan that detaches funding for immigration enforcement from a broader package to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Although Johnson had previously called the Senate proposal “a joke,” he changed his tune Wednesday after President Trump endorsed the strategy.…

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Conservatives seethe after Johnson backs Senate plan he previously called ‘a joke’

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Hard-line conservatives are seething after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reversed course to back a Senate plan that detaches funding for immigration enforcement from a broader package to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Although Johnson had previously called the Senate proposal “a joke,” he changed his tune Wednesday after President Trump endorsed the strategy.…

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