Speaker Scraps Fundraiser for Next Week As Shutdown Nears (2)

Sept. 30, 2025, 11:20 PM UTCUpdated: Oct. 1, 2025, 12:44 AM UTC

Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a fundraising dinner planned for Oct. 8, and an online sign-up page for the event was taken down Tuesday evening, shortly after Bloomberg Government reported on it.

Greg Steele, a spokesman for the Louisiana Republican, said the event had been canceled Tuesday. He also said the speaker “will not be holding fundraising events during a shutdown.”

The cancellation came just a few hours after Republican fundraiser Ashlee Reid Morehouse of Republic Strategies sent an email listing more than 50 campaign events over the coming months for a variety of GOP lawmakers, according to the emailed invitation ...

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