WHDH 7 Boston Article RatingHouse readies vote to prevent a government shutdown as Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
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| "It also fails to include President Joe Biden's request for nearly $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, border security and other supplemental funds." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Senators are trying to devise a separate package to fund U.S. supplies for the overseas wars and to bolster border security, but it remains a work in progress." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Making sure that government stays in operation is a matter of conscience for all of us." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "For now, Johnson appears to be benefiting from a political honeymoon in one of his first big tests on the job." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Senate Republican leader Mitch McCoell called the House package a solution and said he expected it to pass Congress with bipartisan support." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "We owe that to the American people, Johnson said at a news conference at the Capitol." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "It also fails to include President Joe Biden's request for nearly $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, border security and other supplemental funds." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Look, we're going to trust the speaker's move here, said Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Nevertheless, Jeffries in a letter to Democratic colleagues noted that the GOP package met the Democratic demands to keep funding at current levels without steep reductions or divisive Republican policy priorities." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But McCoell, R-Ky., has noted that Congress still has work to do toward Biden's request to provide U.S. military aid for Ukraine and Israel and for other needs." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "But McCoell, R-Ky., has noted that Congress still has work to do toward Biden's request to provide U.S. military aid for Ukraine and Israel and for other needs." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Under his proposal, Johnson is putting forward a unique -- critics say bizarre -- two-part process that temporarily funds some federal agencies to Jan. 19 and others to Feb. 2." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "The Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority, has signaled its willingness to accept Johnson's package ahead of Friday's deadline to fund the government." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Extreme MAGA Republicans have repeatedly demonstrated that they caot govern without House Democrats, Jeffries said on NPR." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "This time, Johnson of Louisiana appeared on track for a temporarily better outcome as some Republicans showed signs of unrest but stopped short of threatening to remove the speaker, who has been on the job for just three weeks." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Johnson, who aounced his endorsement Tuesday of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president, hit the airwaves to sell his approach and met privately Monday night with the conservative Freedom Caucus." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Johnson, who aounced his endorsement Tuesday of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president, hit the airwaves to sell his approach and met privately Monday night with the conservative Freedom Caucus." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Without enough support from his Republican majority, Johnson had little choice but to rely on Democrats to ensure passage to keep the federal government ruing." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "To keep the federal government ruing into the new year, Johnson was willing to leave his right-flank Republicans behind and work with Democrats -- the same political move that cost the last House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, his job just weeks ago." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "To keep the federal government ruing into the new year, Johnson was willing to leave his right-flank Republicans behind and work with Democrats -- the same political move that cost the last House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, his job just weeks ago." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Wiing bipartisan approval of a continuing resolution is the same move that led McCarthy's hard-right flank to oust him in October, days after the Sept. 30 vote to avert a federal shutdown." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "It's wrong, said Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Te.It all left Johnson with few other options than to skip what's typically a party-only procedural vote, and rely on another process that requires a two-thirds tally with Democrats for passage." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a McCarthy ally who opposed his ouster, said Johnson should be held to the same standard." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a McCarthy ally who opposed his ouster, said Johnson should be held to the same standard." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a McCarthy ally who opposed his ouster, said Johnson should be held to the same standard." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Johnson says the iovative approach would position House Republicans to go into the fight for deeper spending cuts in the new year, but many Republicans are skeptical there will be any better outcome in January." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "I think it's a very big mistake, said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the hard-right group of lawmakers." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "With the House narrowly divided, Johnson could not afford many defections from his Republicans, which is forcing him into the arms of Democrats." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "We're not surrendering, Johnson assured after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday morning, vowing he would not support another stopgap." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "But the new Republican leader faces the same political problem that led to McCarthy's ouster -- angry, frustrated, hard-right GOP lawmakers rejecting his approach, demanding budget cuts and determined to vote against the plan." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he remained concerned about the two-part approach." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "But they are part of the debt deal McCarthy and Biden struck earlier this year." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "But they are part of the debt deal McCarthy and Biden struck earlier this year." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The House prepared on Tuesday for a vote to prevent a government shutdown, with new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
54% : It also fails to include President Joe Biden's request for nearly $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, border security and other supplemental funds.51% : Senators are trying to devise a separate package to fund U.S. supplies for the overseas wars and to bolster border security, but it remains a work in progress.
44% : "Making sure that government stays in operation is a matter of conscience for all of us.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.