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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters as lawmakers work to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress faces unfinished business, major disagreements when lawmakers return on Tuesday

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 29, 2024. House Democrats on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, launched a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote. The move ramps up pressure on Johnson to take up the foreign funding package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaker Johnson pushes lawmakers to support FISA reauthorization vote next week

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ** FILE **

MTG compares Speaker Johnson to Nancy Pelosi, saying he’s running House like a Democrat

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters as lawmakers work to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Ukraine funding conundrum

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaker Johnson previews loaning aid to Ukraine; urges GOP to unite, slams hard-liners

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ** FILE **

Marjorie Taylor Greene rejects Speaker Johnson’s moves to pass Ukraine aid

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia's military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine President Zelenskyy briefs Speaker Johnson on battlefield status in Ukraine

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: House Democrats wouldn’t support Speaker Johnson ‘for free’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., front row right, is joined by, from left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as they attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for surviving members of a top-secret WWII unit, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Spending saga’s end is cold comfort for Speaker Mike Johnson with next wave of troubles growing

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden pressures Speaker Johnson to pass foreign aid and border deals after signing funding bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, R-Texas, arrives as House Republicans meet behind closed-doors to determine how quickly lawmakers can wrap up this fiscal year's final set of spending bills and passed to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Appropriations Chair Granger announces departure after House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., listens during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Livid MTG moves to oust Speaker Johnson

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Congress unveils latest package, tops $1 trillion as funding deadline looms

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, delivers his speech after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, March 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, Pool)

Johnson aims to invite Netanyahu to address Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. House Speaker Johnson was optimistic that Congress would unveil the final spending package for fiscal 2024 later on Wednesday and finish the long-delayed government funding process by the Friday deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson upbeat about final spending package, sees scores of GOP wins in the huge bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, flanked by Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, discusses President Joe Biden for his policies at the Mexican border during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress clamors for final spending package as Speaker Johnson promises GOP wins

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a Friends of Ireland luncheon with President Joe Biden and Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Speaker Johnson mulls Ukraine options amid pressure from all sides

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks on a cellphone in a hallway as the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Washington. As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: “Understand the stakes at this moment." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Senate Dem threatens government shutdown unless speaker includes Ukraine aid in spending pact

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives at the White House from a campaign trip to Michigan, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House encourages House GOP to ‘move on’ from Biden impeachment effort

By Lisa Mascaro and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 29, 2024. House Democrats on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, launched a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote. The move ramps up pressure on Johnson to take up the foreign funding package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaker Johnson ‘too busy’ to do a deep dive on Biden impeachment inquiry evidence

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times