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President-elect Donald Trump faces a “big mess” in the aftermath of a spending bill passed to avoid a government shutdown.

Turning Point USA contributor Brandon Tatum speaks exclusively with Breitbart News at Americafest about the country’s direction following Donald Trump’s election victory.

Friday, after the House of Representatives passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March by a margin of 366-34, Fox News congressional correspondent explained why the vote could be a sign of trouble for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Republicans were “taking orders from the world’s richest man,” Elon Musk, regarding a failed continuing resolution (CR).

Friday’s House bill to avert a government shutdown was trimmed 1,359 pages after America First Republicans revolted against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s original measure filled with pork. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s best chance to keep the gavel is to allow House Democrats to vote for him, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) told reporters Friday.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is rushing a bill to the floor to extend spending levels enacted earlier this year over overwhelming Republican opposition

If Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had a “spine,” he would have offered a measure that slashed spending, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said during an appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show.

Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN) said Friday on Fox Business Channel’s “Mornings With Maria” that House Speaker Mike Johnson “dragged” President-elect Donald Trump into a government shutdown “circus.”

Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly reopened lines of communication with Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries Friday morning after failing to usher through the spending deal endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka speaks with Breitbart News at Turning Point’s Americafest about whether President-elect Donald Trump can count on House Speaker Mike Johnson in his next administration.

“We’ll cross that bridge” when we get there, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said when asked if he will support Johnson as Speaker.

President-elect Donald Trump indicated President Joe Biden would be responsible for a government shutdown if Democrat lawmakers refuse to accept a Republican funding bill. 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday announced yet another plan to avert a government shutdown.

House Republicans are going back to the drawing board after a deal negotiated Thursday failed decidedly just hours later.

President-elect Donald Trump stepped in to provide a path to potentially avoid a government shutdown, just 24 hours after a deal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) collapsed.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly canceled his speaking slot at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest.

President-elect Donald Trump appears to have deteriorating confidence in House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the Republican conference in the next cycle.

The controversial continuing resolution is “classic D.C.,” and a government shutdown is possible, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) said.

Republicans should not be afraid of a government shutdown and should reject the controversial 1,547-page spending deal released Tuesday.

President-elect Donald Trump provided a path on Thursday for House Speaker Mike Johnson to save his job as Speaker in the next Congress.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) floated Elon Musk on Thursday as the next speaker of the House.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday faced the most serious threat to his position since 163 Democrats voted to save his gavel back in May.

The new spending bill from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) not only funds programs antithetical to Republican causes but also contains woke language that redefines long established words like “criminal” and “homeless.”

Vice President-elect JD Vance revealed that he and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had a “productive conversation” regarding a recently unveiled government funding bill, according to a report.

A U.S. Senator told Breitbart News on Wednesday evening that President-elect Donald Trump’s push to have the debt ceiling increased as part of a government funding deal this week “makes sense” from Trump’s perspective but warned it is unlikely Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer would agree to such a push.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told “The Alex Marlow Show” that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)’s spending bill will be “hugely harmful” to President-elect Donald Trump if it passes Congress.

Sen. Josh Hawley predicted on “The Alex Marlow Show” that every Senate Democrat “will vote yes” on the continuing resolution spending bill.

The pork-packed spending bill negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and unveiled days before its Friday deadline is an “embarrassment,” Sen. Josh Hawley said during an appearance on “The Alex Marlow Show.”

President-elect Donald Trump revealed that he is “totally against” the proposed continuing resolution (CR), which is weighed down with many unrelated and expensive provisions.

Sen. Josh Hawley said Speaker Johnson is threatening Trump’s agenda while doing nothing to help Americans poisoned by government nuclear radiation.

The spending bill negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is full of “excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics,” Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said following the release of the controversial measure.

The survey also shows a shift in Republican-voter approval of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) between November and December.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says that he will not support Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the speakership vote in January following the monstrous spending bill released Tuesday evening.

A coalition of Republicans is telling GOP leadership that the next Congress must first act to crack down on illegal immigration.

Congressional leadership slipped a provision into the stopgap spending bill that would block or stymie investigations into Congress.