‘Par For The Course’: Republican Lawmakers Frustrated With Mike Johnson’s New Funding Bill

Several Republican lawmakers are disappointed with Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest funding bill, arguing that it will continue levels of spending that are unsustainable.

Johnson introduced the new continuing resolution (CR) on Sunday after his initial funding bill, a six-month CR with an attached bill requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration known as the SAVE Act, was blocked on Sept. 18 by 14 Republican lawmakers who cited fiscal concerns. Several Republicans, such as Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, have called the latest CR “disappointing” and said that it is “par for the course.” (RELATED: Mike Johnson Unveils New Spending Bill With Bolstered Secret Service Funding)

“Congress is in desperate need of major reform,” Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona said Sunday in a post on X. “The Uniparty has gotten away with this for far too long. And it’s all at the expense of the American people.”

“It’s disappointing,” Davidson told The Hill. “But unfortunately the surrender caucus came together to make sure we keep the status-quo plays going.”

The new CR omitted the SAVE Act altogether, and it also includes $231 million of additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service.