House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushed back against a proposal to send $5,000 checks to Americans using savings from the Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE), calling the idea politically appealing but fiscally irresponsible.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson does not appear to be in favor of stimulus checks spurred by DOGE actions. During the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, the Louisiana Republican rolled his eyes when the idea of stimulus checks prompted by the Department of Government Efficiency,

President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) threw cold water on the idea of using savings from the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) government-slashing