How the White House Views the Funding Fight

Playbook: “Though they would’ve been loath to admit this publicly during the negotiations, the feeling in the White House is that the lopsided Democratic votes needed to get this CR across the finish line strengthens the Democrats’ hands moving forward into the supplemental and 2024 funding fights that will soon consume Congress.”

“Biden aides feel certain that, at the end of the day, the GOP won’t do anything consequential without Democratic votes…”

“When we asked White House aides if they felt like that the anger aimed at Johnson from the right flank of the GOP could make this all backfire in some way, officials shrugged: They see any fracturing within the Republican House as simply strengthening Democrats’ hand.”