Speaker Johnson rejects push to attach border security to Senate funding bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) rejected a last-minute push by House conservatives to attach Republicans’ border security bill to a short-term funding measure that will pass the House.

Members of the Freedom Caucus met with Johnson on Thursday, just hours before the lower chamber is set to vote on a continuing resolution that would avoid a partial government shutdown over the weekend. Conservatives pressed Johnson to amend the resolution text to include House Republicans’ signature border bill, H.R. 2, in the final version of the funding extension — a request they said the speaker was “considering.”