Johnson weighs a spending plan B: Dropping current plan in favor of ‘clean’ bill

Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership team is quietly discussing a plan B to fund the government amid conservative opposition and vocal criticism from incoming President Donald Trump’s top ally Elon Musk.

The Louisiana Republican is discussing dropping $100 billion disaster aid and other attachments and instead passing a “clean CR” — then dealing with the other issues in the new year, according to two Republicans with knowledge of the conversations.