Mike Johnson Plans to Pass Minibus Spending Bills

Punchbowl News: “This comes with huge strategic advantages for the leadership. It means one vote in the House for all six bills – Energy and Water, Interior, Transportation-HUD, Agriculture, MilCon-VA and Commerce-Justice-Science. And it would also speed passage in the Senate. If the Senate had to pass six individual appropriations bills, there’s no telling how long that would take.”

“The plan, as of now, is to pass the final six bills in a minibus as well. That will be tougher than the first tranche.”

“Speaker Mike Johnson created the ‘laddered CR’ to avoid large-scale, omnibus spending deals. He’s not getting an omnibus, but rather a minibus, funding 12 agencies across two bills over the space of a few weeks.”

“This will undoubtedly create angst among hardline GOP conservatives, who will complain about the large-scale spending package. But conservatives aren’t voting for this either way. So leadership can probably let those complaints roll off their back.”