House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he preferred to pay off national debt.

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.

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