Frustrated GOP hardliners worry Speaker Johnson bringing 'more of the same' after McCarthy

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EXCLUSIVE: House Republican hardliners who criticized ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s government funding compromise with President Biden are now concerned that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will usher in "more of the same" leadership despite promising a fresh start.

"I think this contributes to the fiscal harm to our country and is consistent with what has happened for the past year," House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good, R-Va., told Fox News Digital of Johnson’s recent government funding deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Good, one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy in early October last year, pointed out that he opposed every spending compromise brought under both GOP speakers so far.

"None of these bills or spending initiatives are making any significant policy changes to reverse the harm being done by the Pelosi-Schumer-Biden policies that are in place. So this is more of the same," he said.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., another of the eight, agreed it appeared the House GOP was on a similar path.

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"We just have to decide who we are as a party. I would hope at some point we would resume our role as fiscal conservatives," he said.

The showdown over policy attachments to Congress’ coming spending bills is going to be a flashpoint in any