Republican presidential candidate Governor Nikki Haley addressed the current situation in Congress, highlighting the looming March 1st deadline for government funding. Speaker Johnson is under pressure from the House Freedom Caucus to include policies in the spending bill that may not pass a Democratic-controlled Senate or be signed by President Biden. These policies include zeroing out the salary for the Secretary of Homeland Security, Mr. Mayorkas.
The options facing Speaker Johnson are to pass another continuing resolution or risk a government shutdown. Governor Haley emphasized the importance of Congress fulfilling its primary responsibility of passing a budget on time. She expressed frustration at the historical lack of timely budgets, stating that Congress has only met this requirement four times in the past 40 years.
