Mike Johnson said Thursday that he and Donald Trump were on “exactly the same page” after a White House meeting, and he tied that alignment to ending the House blockade led by Anna Paulina Luna. Johnson said Trump wants to make sure “we stop any blockade in the House.”
The Speaker said he would send the housing bill to the White House and said the president would sign it within the 10-day window the Constitution gives before a bill becomes law automatically. But the clash over Luna and the SAVE Act still leaves House floor votes tied to a separate demand that has already stalled other legislation.
White House meeting on Thursday
Johnson met with Trump at the White House for a few hours on Thursday, then said they had reached the same position on ending the stall. He also said the majority party should never be voting down rules, and that Republicans need to keep legislation moving.
Trump added his own pressure just before 5 p.m. Thursday in a Truth Social post, writing: “House Republicans should unify, and stop voting down ‘Rules’ or, threatening to do so. Giving power to the Radical Left Dumocrats in the House to control what goes up for a Vote will make our outcomes worse, not better. No more grandstanding, please!”
Anna Paulina Luna and SAVE
Luna has been leading a group of Republicans in preventing other legislation from reaching a House floor vote until the SAVE Act passes. That bill would require voters to present additional ID and proof of citizenship to cast ballots, and one version has already passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
Trump also pushed the issue on Wednesday, when he told Senate Republicans they must first pass the SAVE America Act. Johnson said on Wednesday that Republicans would have to rely on the partisan reconciliation process to address it, and he said, “We got to be able to move forward on legislation and continue the America First agenda.”
House rules and votes
The procedural fight matters because floor rules control what the House can bring up for a vote. If Luna and other Republicans keep withholding support on rules, Johnson cannot move unrelated legislation through the chamber in the normal way.
That is why Johnson’s line after the White House meeting carries the immediate weight: he and Trump are aligned on reopening the House floor, while Luna and her group are still using the SAVE Act as leverage. Whether Trump and Johnson can persuade them to stop blocking rules is the unresolved step that will determine when the House can move again.
