Full List of Republicans Opposing Mike Johnson's Spending Plan

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House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to fund the government is facing backlash from a growing number of Republican lawmakers as Congress has less than a week to avoid a government shutdown.

Johnson is proposing a stopgap spending bill to extend government funding for some agencies and programs until January 19 and continue funding for others until February 2. The continuing resolution would give Congress more time to negotiate longer-term funding as Congress faces a November 17 deadline to avert a government shutdown ahead of the winter holidays while also avoiding an "omnibus" spending bill opposed by many Republicans.

House Republicans struggled to reach a deal to pass the series of appropriations bills to fund the federal government through the fiscal year as they remain divided over key issues, including funding for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, the national debt, and concerns over the Justice Department's investigations into former President Donald Trump. Johnson's plan would not provide additional funding for Israel, Ukraine, or the U.S.-Mexico border.

A vote on Johnson's plan is expected later this week, and already several Republicans have indicated they would vote against it.

This likely means Johnson would need to rely on Democrats to pass the CR, as Republicans can only afford four detractors due to their narrow majority in Congress.

List Republicans opposing Mike Johnson spending plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson photographed at the U.S. Capitol on November 7, 2023. Several House Republicans have vowed to vote against Johnson’s plan to fund the federal government. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Newsweek reached out to Johnson's office for comment via email.

These are the six Republican lawmakers who have thus far voiced opposition to Johnson's spending plan:

  • Representative Warren Davidson (Ohio)
  • Representative Bob Good (Virginia)
  • Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia)
  • Representative Scott Perry (Pennsylvania)
  • Representative Chip Roy (Texas)
  • Representative George Santos (New York)
  • Representative Andrew Clyde (Georgia)

Perry announced that he would vote against the continuing resolution Monday morning in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

"I will not support a status quo that fails to acknowledge fiscal irresponsibility, and changes absolutely nothing while emboldening a do-nothing Senate and a fiscally illiterate President," Perry wrote.

Santos, meanwhile, called for a "detox of the chronic abuse and put an end to this nonsense once and for all."

"I ran for Congress to be part of the change, so let me go ahead and be that change. No more CR's, it's time to save America from runaway spending once and for all," he said on X.

"I voted NO to both CRs before and I'm voting NO to this clean CR. We need to finish approps and the Senate needs to do their job. NO MONEY TO UKRAINE! CLOSE THE BORDER! STOP THE WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT! IMPEACH BIDEN, MAYORKAS, WRAY, GARLAND, AND GRAVES!" Greene wrote.

Clyde wrote that he is a "no" on the proposal, adding, "We simply cannot continue funding Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi's radical policies and bloated spending levels."

It remains unknown how many Democrats are willing to work with Republicans to pass Johnson's spending plan. Nearly every Democrat voted in September for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's stopgap funding bill that extended the spending deadline to November 17.

However, that bill also faced opposition from 90 Republicans. It resulted in Representative Matt Gaetz filing a motion to vacate against McCarthy, whose allies failed to prevent him from being removed from his leadership role.

That motion set off a weekslong speaker race in October, which saw Republicans struggle to coalesce around a single candidate that further complicated the legislative process for the spending bill. Johnson ultimately prevailed, winning support from every House Republican.

Update 11/14/23, 9:11 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.

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