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The U.S. House finally had a new speaker Wednesday after an arduous three weeks for the chamber鈥檚 Republican caucus that saw it put forth no less than four candidates for the post.

The election of Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson drew concern from the three members of New Mexico鈥檚 delegation, all Democrats, while the chairman of the New Mexico鈥檚 Republican Party believes the new speaker is an excellent choice.

Johnson previously served as majority deputy whip and is an ally of former President Donald Trump .

Before Johnson鈥檚 election, House Republicans had put forth three other nominees for House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy鈥檚 unprecedented ouster in early October . All 220 Republicans who were present voted for Johnson, who is serving his fourth term in Congress. All Democrats voted against.

Third District Rep. Teresa Leger Fern谩ndez said Johnson鈥檚 proposals would hurt New Mexicans.

鈥淲e know that he supports a nationwide abortion ban,鈥� Leger Fern谩ndez said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 an architect of the effort to overturn the 2020 election. He鈥檚 repeatedly called to privatize Social Security. He voted against keeping the government open three weeks ago.鈥�

鈥淒on鈥檛 be fooled by Mike Johnson鈥檚 demeanor,鈥� said Rep. Melanie Stansbury, who represents New Mexico鈥檚 1st District. 鈥淗e is Donald Trump鈥檚 speaker of the House.鈥�

Steve Pearce, New Mexico Republican Party chairman, served in Congress with Johnson previously when Pearce represented New Mexico鈥檚 2nd District.

鈥淲e were on the Financial Services Committee together,鈥� Pearce said in a statement. 鈥淗e is a well-grounded, humble yet strong individual, and a steadfast advocate for conservative policies. He is an excellent choice to unite Republicans and lead America forward.鈥�

In a speech after his election, Johnson talked about the U.S. border, bringing down inflation by reigning in federal spending, and the national debt, which he described as the 鈥済reatest threat to our nation鈥檚 security.鈥� He said that Congress will establish a bipartisan debt commission to work on reducing the debt. Johnson also talked about the necessity for bipartisanship to address the nation鈥檚 issues.

鈥淚n this time of great crisis, it is our duty to work together,鈥� Johnson said.

The House likely will be unable to pass all 12 budget resolutions needed to fund the federal government by the Nov. 17 deadline, said Leger Fern谩ndez in a press call Wednesday afternoon. Instead, the House likely will pass continuing resolutions as a stopgap.

New Mexico鈥檚 representatives expect to be in Washington next week working on appropriations bills. Johnson has sent his fellow representatives a 鈥渄ear colleague鈥� letter, outlining a schedule of when the appropriations bills could be passed that goes into the beginning of 2024.

鈥淚 want to highlight that this has potentially devastating impacts for our communities,鈥� Stansbury said. 鈥淏ecause there was in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was negotiated with President Biden in May, requirements for what鈥檚 called sequestration, or across-the-board cuts, and agency budgets if they did not pass a budget in time. Now, one might say, 鈥極h, this was just an accident and they didn鈥檛 intend to do that.鈥� But as we know, many of the folks on the GOP would like to see our agencies gutted, and this is a de facto way to cause across-the-board cuts to all of our programs.鈥�

Leger Fern谩ndez said she expects the House to take up two supplemental bills to address what she called urgent funding needs 鈥� one addressing domestic needs, the other international. Regarding foreign spending, the representatives expect to take up an international security and humanitarian bill, which should include security and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, security funding for Israel and humanitarian aid for Gaza.

鈥淲e need to remember that a vote against the Ukraine aid is a vote for Putin,鈥� Leger Fern谩ndez said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a vote for authoritarianism.鈥�

Johnson has previously voted against aid for Ukraine.

鈥淚鈥檓 hopeful that this supplemental, because it has been well-received and supported in the Senate by Republicans, will be supported here in the House. But this will really test, I think, the new alliances that this speaker has put together as to whether or not he鈥檚 going to do the right thing and advance the needs of the American people,鈥� Stansbury said.

There will also be a domestic supplemental taken up, which at least initially should include disaster funding, money to provide more immigration officers, and funding to address the fentanyl crisis, Leger Fern谩ndez said.

鈥淲e are facing that child care cliff where the American Rescue Plan Funds are running out, and we would have hundreds of child care facilities at risk of closing if we don鈥檛 address that child care cliff,鈥� Leger Fern谩ndez said.

Rep. Gabe Vasquez, who represents New Mexico鈥檚 2nd District, has been working on the National Defense Authorization Act, a version of which is also working its way through the Senate .

鈥淲e will see if new Speaker Johnson can actually negotiate in good faith with the Senate and with the administration on these bills to take out these toxic riders that Republicans put in under the last speakership that are going to be a non-starter with Democrats in the House,鈥� Vasquez said.

Cathy Cook is a news reporter for the 近距离内射合集. Reach her via email at ccook@abqjournal.com