Speaker Mike Johnson’s allies are openly fuming after what they describe as a “bait and switch” on a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, a sudden reversal that left rank-and-file House Republicans blindsided during a conference call and raised fresh questions about the Speaker’s grip on his own caucus.
Johnson initially rejected a Senate-backed plan to fund most of DHS while leaving immigration enforcement agencies out of the deal. He directed House members to pass a 60-day stopgap bill instead. Days later, after closed-door discussions with the White House, he abandoned that measure and agreed to the Senate’s two-track approach, the very proposal he had brushed off.
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