'There's going to be a problem': House Republicans ramp up pressure campaign on Speaker Johnson after budget saga

• House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing heated pressure from House Republican hardliners who are dissatisfied with how he passed the recent budget deal to avert a government shutdown.
• The next big funding battle will be over Ukraine aid funding, which hardline GOP members have staunchly opposed.
• "I can promise you, if you put a Ukraine bill on the floor and you haven't secured the border there's going to be a problem within the ranks and on Capitol Hill," said Texas Rep. Chip Roy.

After six months of budget deadlocks, stopgap funding measures and near-miss government shutdowns, Congress finalized the remaining parts of a permanent spending package for the rest of the fiscal year this weekend.

Before House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can exhale, he will have to face the House Republican hardliners of the Freedom Caucus.

And they have made it clear that they intend to turn up the heat on the Speaker's next uphill funding battle: Ukraine.

"I can promise you, if you put a Ukraine bill on the floor and you haven't secured the border, there's going to be a problem within the ranks and on Capitol Hill," said Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tx., on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.

Johnson is already in hot water with the Freedom Caucus for his concessions to pass the budget bill and avert a government shutdown.

"I think Speaker Johnson — I've been public about this — made a mistake," said Roy. "I don't think this bill was reflective of what the American people want."

Roy joins a chorus of Republican hardliners who opposed the budget bill as it was being passed through the chambers of Congress over the past several days. Moments after the House voted to pass the budget bill on Friday morning, hardliner Rep. Marjorie