Rep. Comer to Newsmax: Johnson Must Set Deadline on Budget Bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson “needs to put deadlines on the reconciliation bill” or “we’ll drag this on forever,” Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Thursday.

“You know, we’ll look like the Senate, you know, just debate and debate and debate and never do anything,” Comer said on “Newsline.”

“So, I support him putting deadlines on. And it’s time we’ve done this bill the right way. You know, a lot of the members who are complaining about the bill are the ones that say we never go through regular order. This is regular order.

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