(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says U-S House Speaker Mike Johnson is doing a “wonderful job,” despite growing frustrations among other Senate Republicans as the deadline nears for a solution to prevent a federal government shutdown.
Johnson is having trouble getting the votes needed to avoid the shutdown at month’s end, and some in the Senate say if the House can’t act by Thursday, they’ll do it themselves. Grassley is offering Johnson a leeway, but says, “if the majority party doesn’t stick together, you don’t run the show.”
Grassley fears the type of message it would send to voters if Congress can’t find a way to cooperate, saying the public may decide to “turn it over to the Democrats.” He anticipates there will be a “continuing resolution” that would prevent a shutdown, or at least push back the anticipated date.