admin
House Speaker Mike Johnson put the Senate majority leader on notice this week, bluntly calling out Chuck Schumer for threatening to torpedo a short-term continuing resolution meant to keep the government running. Johnson made clear that Republicans will not cave to Democratic demands that turn routine funding into a vehicle for partisan giveaways.
The House moved quickly to pass a clean stopgap measure to fund the government through November 21, voting narrowly as Republicans rallied behind the idea of buying time to negotiate on real priorities. This was not a stunt — it was responsible governance aimed at avoiding the chaos of a shutdown while keeping Americans’ services intact.
Democrats have predictably tried to turn the short-term fix into a hostage negotiation, insisting on immediate extensions of costly ACA subsidies and Medicaid expansions that should be debated on their merits later in the year. Johnson and his colleagues rightly pushed back, calling the subsidy fight a December policy discussion, not a September ransom note to bribe Republican votes.
Let’s be candid: this is about priorities. Republicans are refusing to use short-term funding bills to underwrite permanent expansions in socialized medicine, especially when those expansions would effectively subsidize care for noncitizens while hardworking Americans get squeezed. Democrats’ refusal to negotiate in good faith makes clear whose side they’re on — not the American taxpayer, but their politics-first special interests.
Speaker Johnson even signaled a willingness to attach common-sense election and security reforms to funding votes, moving to attach the SAVE Act to protect the integrity of American elections as part of broader negotiations. Conservatives should applaud a leader who ties together fiscal responsibility, border security, and election integrity instead of surrendering the agenda to Schumer’s demands.
This moment demands backbone from Republicans. We owe it to the men and women paying taxes to say plainly: we will not bankroll open-border policies that turn America into the welfare magnet for the world. Stand with Speaker Johnson — hold the line, protect American taxpayers, and force Democrats to choose between governing responsibly and orchestrating a Schumer shutdown.
