Biden Performs Hardball And Rejects Mike Johnson’s Assembly Request

The White Home informed Speaker Johnson to cross the Senate Ukraine support invoice, and that there’s nothing to barter with the President.

Politico reported:

The White Home has denied a number of requests from Speaker Mike Johnson to fulfill with President Joe Biden over border safety, in keeping with an individual aware of the requests.

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However Biden and White Home officers have repeatedly stated they imagine the Home ought to take up the Senate-passed nationwide safety supplemental as a substitute of assembly and renegotiating a brand new package deal.

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“What’s there to barter? Actually, really, what’s the one-on-one negotiation about when he’s been offered with precisely what he’s requested for?” stated White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “He’s negotiating with himself.”

It might be pointless for Biden to barter a cope with Johnson, as a result of the Speaker of the Home doesn’t maintain his phrase and has no energy to ship the votes to get something handed. Negotiating with Johnson could be an entire waste of time.

The White Home is true. It isn’t the President that Johnson needs to be negotiating with. The Speaker wants to have the ability to cross laws inside his personal majority.

Mike Johnson is making an attempt to drag a stunt in order that he can keep away from duty for his function in killing each the border invoice and the Ukraine aid bill.

President Biden is outwardly not going to waste any more time negotiating with the Johnson. If the speaker desires to do one thing about these points, the laws is already in his palms.

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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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