Social media users responded with a stark reminder after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) positively talked up Tuesday about the speed and relative ease with which Congress had a day earlier certified President-elect Donald Trump ’s 2024 election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

Without any changes to the program, the fund is set to run out of money for full payments by as early as 2035.

Ever since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right members of the House Freedom Caucus, who have exploited narrow margins of control to keep pressure on their colleagues to obey their wishes.

The House speaker asked the agency last year to send cash from the Democrats' 2022 climate law to his district. Republicans are seeking to repeal large portions of that law.

Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially reelected on the first ballot,

The policy was left out of last week’s proposed package but Rep. Johnson quietly included the ban in the final rules.

House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities as Republicans take power in Washington.

Johnson could face difficulty in passing President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to political analysts.

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Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions himself alongside Trump. The speaker often portrays himself as the “quarterback” who will be executing the political plays called by the “coach,” the president-elect.

The winner will be invited to the House of Code, a copyright fee waiver and her app will be on display in the U.S. Capitol Building for a year.