What did Mike Johnson predict about the economy in October 2023?
Mike Johnson, U.S. Representative (R-LA) and House Republican Conference vice chairman, days before his election as Speaker ·
The only way to secure that position is for the House to have passed all twelve of our appropriations measures. I am confident we can work together to accomplish that objective quickly … It will be challenging work, but we can and will do it.
House passed 7 of 12 FY2024 bills
Johnson said the House could and would pass all 12 spending bills. It passed only 7 of the 12; one failed and four never got a vote.
The House passed only seven of the 12 FY2024 appropriations bills; the Agriculture bill failed 191-237 and the CJS, Financial Services, Labor-HHS-Education and THUD bills never got a House passage vote before all twelve were enacted in two bipartisan packages in March 2024 (Congressional Research Service appropriations status table).
Prediction vs. outcome · Economy
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- Signed letter to House Republican colleagues laying out his plan as a candidate for Speaker.