Thomas Massie

Under the spell of Trumpian populism, the Republican Party has increasingly become hostile to fiscal responsibility and free markets.

Rep. Michael Rulli told Fox News Digital he is working on a bill to codify President Donald Trump's executive order on the Department of Education.

A White House fact sheet on the executive order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to overhaul the Department of Education.

President Donald Trump followed through on campaign promises to eradicate the Department of Education.

The defeat Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer suffered in the spending bill battle was so bad that the left-wing media can’t even spin it as a victory.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop in with the votes needed to prevent catastrophic disruptions.

'Will it be a Schumer Shutdown?'

The GOP majority says they are 'exhilarated' by the work Trump and Musk have done with DOGE so far.

The House passed a funding bill, 217-213, on Tuesday night, mostly along party lines. The legislation must pass the Senate before Friday or else face a partial government shutdown.

The story the Democrats have leveraged for years may no longer be as true.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew voted for a continuing resolution Tuesday to keep the federal government open so services continue while President Donald Trump and Congress work on longer-term budget issues, he said.

The president argues that passing this funding extension will ease the path toward enacting the rest of his legislative agenda.

The continuing resolution bill will go to the House Rules Committee on Monday and a floor vote is expected Tuesday.

'Does not include additional emergency funding, disaster declarations or policy riders'

Hardline House conservatives are signaling an openness to supporting a continuing resolution to keep the government open later this month — a notable shift from their usual stance against stopgaps that is changing the playing field for GOP leaders as they look to keep the lights on in Washington. For years, members of the House Freedom [...]

Fox News Digital spoke with members of Congress about who they are bringing to President Donald Trump's joint address on Tuesday night.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, floated several names, including "AmerExit," as he launches a push to withdraw the U.S. from NATO.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

House Republicans are divided over some of the thorniest issues at the center of their plan to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, disagreements that are threatening to derail their timeline just days before the Senate is aiming to advance a competing plan. Arriving at the Capitol on Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — who attended the [...]

McConnell is up for reelection in 2026, and he has not said whether he plans to run again for an eighth Senate term.

Rep. Thomas Massie reintroduced legislation on Thursday that would nix an additional tax on retirement benefits.

House Republican allies of President Trump are looking for him to set his government efficiency sights on the Department of Education.

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Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Mike Lee promote the policy idea of the U.S. ditching the NATO alliance.

From left, in 2023, Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La.; Chip Roy, R-Texas; Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.; and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., conduct a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.

Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie was removed from the House Rules Committee after he opposed the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson.

With a vote looming when Congress reconvenes in January, GOP leader Mike Johnson is facing increased doubts from his fellow Republicans about his ability to serve another term as speaker of the House.Johnson is coming off of a disastrous performance by House Republican leadership, after the party nearly triggered another government shutdown. The hard-right Freedom Caucus balked at a bipartisan bill to fund the government, and was soon joined by billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk. Musk whipped up opposition to the bill, largely based on falsehoods he amplified on his X (formerly Twitter) account.A pared-down version of the bill backed by Musk and later Donald Trump failed, while the bill that ultimately passed stripped support for pediatric cancer research and 9/11 first responders. Johnson had to rely on votes from Democrats after many members of his own party expressed anger and opposition.Appearing on Fox Business on Friday, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland said the funding chaos hurt Johnson’s chances of being reelected speaker.xxYouTube Video“It was a rough two weeks, I think the president has not come out in support of Mr. Johnson since then,” Harris said. “I think the president realized that if he’s going to get his agenda through a very narrow majority in the House, he’s going to need strong leadership at the top and I think he’s evaluating whether that exists.”Harris added that he was in Johnson’s corner before the funding bill mess, but now he is open to considering other options.Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania expressed similar concerns during an appearance on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” on Friday.xxYouTube Video“I’m going to keep my options open,” Perry said when asked about supporting Johnson.In an appearance on Newsmax, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York complained that she hasn’t heard from Johnson since the funding debacle.“I think the speaker should be reaching out to the membership, answering their concerns and questions,” she said. “I have concerns and questions, too, about what happened last week and that it can't happen again.” Malliotakis warned.Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie was less ambiguous and said he is a firm “no” on Johnson.“I will vote for someone other than Mike Johnson,” he wrote on X. “A weak legislative branch, beholden to the swamp, will not be able to achieve the mandate voters gave Trump and Congress in November.”Despite the party’s success in the 2024 election, which led to upcoming GOP control of the White House, House, and Senate, Republicans will be working with an extremely narrow margin in the House. The lack of confidence in Johnson, combined with Democratic unity behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is an early sign of serious obstacles for the looming Trump agenda.If you value having free and reliable access to the information and resources we provide, we’re asking for your help today. Will you make a donation of $5, $25, or whatever you can afford to help us reach our year-end goal? Campaign Action

Rep. Thomas Massie underscored he won't support Mike Johnson in January, eliminating the wiggle room the House speaker has in keeping his job.

Mike Johnson Has Work To Do To Earn Back Republicans' Trust In 2025

Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas., has been residing in an assisted living facility for the past several months

Speaker Mike Johnson talks to President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the 125th Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md. on Dec. 14. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A handful of conservative House Republicans were voicing concerns about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to President-elect Trump even before last week’s government funding fiasco, multiple sources on Capitol Hill and in Trump's orbit told The Hill, prompting even more uncertainty about the Louisiana Republican’s grasp on the gavel less than two weeks before the Speakership [...]

Some House Republican allies of Speaker Mike Johnson want President-elect Trump to speak out in support of the Louisiana Republican.

The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline on Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill. The chamber voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage, since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor [...]

Congressional leaders are scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of Friday.

Congressional leaders have been scrambling for days to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of Friday.

As the deadline to avoid a government shutdown nears, a senior House Republican said the GOP is still "looking at different options."

'Odds are better than even'

House Republicans will try to pass another plan to avoid a government shutdown this weekend, but they'll need Democrats and possibly Donald Trump's support.

Nunes, chief executive of Trump-owned Truth Social, was announced as the president-elect's nominee for chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.

Trump announced Guilfoyle as his selection for ambassador to Greece.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, talks with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Trump announced Guilfoyle as his selection for ambassador to Greece.

Trump just named several key members to his administration who will shepherd his vision of the economy.

Amid the various controversies surrounding the brazenly unqualified and problematic men and women whom President-elect Donald Trump plucked for his Cabinet, it’s easy to forget that one man jumped off what looks like a sinking ship just three days after his nomination.No, no—not former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who pulled his own nomination for attorney general after eight days. The selectee in question was Chad Chronister, the Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff whom Trump picked to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration with the hope he would “secure the border, stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs.” But with growing speculation that a yea vote for Chronister would tick off the far-right, the Florida sheriff ended the discussion and announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing himself from consideration for the role. In a statement on social media, Chronister said that as “the gravity of this very important responsibility set in,” he had changed his mind about accepting the nomination. “There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County and a lot of initiatives I am committed to fulfilling,” he said. “I sincerely appreciate the nomination [and] outpouring of support by the American people.”xTo have been nominated by President-Elect @realDonaldTrump to serve as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is the honor of a lifetime. Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully... pic.twitter.com/bvNF8m9Bh4— Chad Chronister (@ChadChronister) December 3, 2024Chronister wasn’t outwardly controversial à la Gaetz or Pete Hegseth, whose nomination to be defense secretary is imperiled. So Chronister’s withdrawal unsurprisingly drew little media attention. Indeed, it seemed the Florida man was content with quietly taking his name out of the running and returning to the Sunshine State to continue his law enforcement career.That’s until Wednesday, when Trump insisted on getting in the last word on what he claims really happened to Chronister. In Trump’s telling, Chronister didn’t withdraw on his own accord; the president-elect dumped him. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he withdrew Chronister’s nomination because “I did not like what he said to my pastors and other supporters.”Okay, Trump!