Johnson ‘happy to debate’ Jeffries on GOP budget resolution after Democrat challenges speaker

Published April 8, 2025 6:27pm ET



House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accepted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) challenge to debate the House Republicans‘ budget resolution.

On Tuesday, Jeffries formally requested a one-on-one debate on the House floor with Johnson, known as a colloquy. When a Fox News reporter asked him about the challenge, Johnson said he hadn’t heard about it yet but he was “happy to debate him anytime.”

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