The possibility of House Speaker Johnson losing his post has come to light

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson risks losing the support of President-elect Donald Trump and losing his post. This was reported by The Hill publication on December 24.

According to the interlocutors, the Republicans communicated with the President-elect several weeks before the announcement of the government shutdown, expressing dissatisfaction and doubts about how Johnson solves issues and how he leads the conference of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives.

It is clarified that Trump took the complaints and concerns calmly as he was focused on preparing for his new administration.

The publication noted that news of the conversations surfaced when House Republicans became unhappy with Johnson's handling of government funding last week, which caused conflicts at the Republican Party conference. Hours before Friday's funding deadline, Johnson introduced a continuing resolution that did not include an increase in the debt limit, something Trump had demanded.

It has been stated that an important factor in the upcoming speaker negotiations is whether Trump will support Johnson and call on Republicans to back him in a floor vote. Trump has openly supported Johnson in the past, but that support appears to be fracturing as a result of the spending fight.

Earlier on Dec. 20, the U.S. House of Representatives backed a bill to temporarily extend funding for the federal government hours before the shutdown hit. The document went to the Senate (the upper house of Congress) for a vote. After that, if approved, the bill will be sent for signature to US President Joe Biden.

On the same day, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson promised not to allow a shutdown, as Republican congressmen are trying to find a last-minute solution to the issue of funding the government.

The day before, the US Congress failed to pass a bill to extend government funding and raise the national debt ceiling. In favor of the document were 174 members of the lower house of Congress, while 235 spoke against it. The bill provides for the extension of funding for the federal government until March 14, 2025 and the suspension until January 30, 2027 of the ceiling of the national debt of the United States, which in November for the first time exceeded the mark of $ 36 trillion.

Prior to that, on December 18, Trump demanded that Democrats eliminate the U.S. national debt ceiling or significantly increase its level. He linked the importance of this issue with the vote in the US Congress on the adoption of a temporary resolution to fund the government, without which the country faces a shutdown as early as January 20. In turn, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre accused Trump of allegedly ordering his fellow Republicans to shut down the US government.

In addition, Jean-Pierre said on Dec. 20 that problems could arise in the transition of power to the new Trump administration due to disruptions in funding for the U.S. government.

On December 11, the U.S. Budget and Control Office (GAO) noted that Congress should immediately repeal the statutory public debt ceiling by tying the amount of borrowing to changes in government revenues and spending.