House Republicans to Tank Senate Immigration Compronise?

Absolutely not. pic.twitter.com/tkXma24r8M

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 13, 2024

Bloomberg reports that the word in Congress is that a bipartisan Senate border compromise would be dead-on-arrival in the House.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is under intense pressure from conservatives to reject the plan.   Johnson posted on X a Fox News graphic that claimed to detail elements of the Senate deal, writing “absolutely not.”   As Bloomberg summarized, “conservatives have said they will refuse to fund the government without strong new controls at the US-Mexico border, with some suggesting they could even seek to oust Johnson as speaker if he doesn’t heed their demands.” 

Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a possible stopgap funding deal that would keep the government running into March.