House Majority Whip Tom Emmer thinks Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy of forswearing the use of an omnibus spending package to cover FY2025 government funding might be wrongheaded, revealing a sharp split in the House Republican leadership over year-end strategy.
Emmer went on – yes, this is the actual name – “Hot Talk with the Ox,” a conservative radio show in St. Cloud, Minn., Tuesday. Emmer complained that Johnson should stop saying that Congress won’t pass an omnibus spending bill during the lame-duck session.