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Speaker Johnson: House Not Wed to Plan to Include Debt Ceiling in Reconciliation Bill

“I’m not really wed to that, it was the initial idea,” he said.
Speaker Johnson: House Not Wed to Plan to Include Debt Ceiling in Reconciliation Bill
House Speaker-elect Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks after winning the House Speaker election during the first sitting of the 119th Congress in Washington on Jan. 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Jan. 14 that the House plans to raise the debt ceiling through reconciliation but suggested that could change.

“We’re socializing that among members,” Johnson said at an event hosted by Politico. “I’m not really wed to that, it was the initial idea. So we’ll see, we’ll see how it develops.”

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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