House Republicans meet this morning to plan strategy as funding measure will need Democrats’ help to get across the line
Big day for Mike Johnson as government funding bill faces vote in the House
It’s a big day, and the first real test, for Republican new House speaker Mike Johnson as the chamber votes on his proposal to keep the government funded.
He’ll need the help of Democrats to get his CR (continuing resolution) bill through and ensure there’s money to keep the wheels turning after 17 November. It’s an issue that helped topple Johnson’s predecessor Kevin McCarthy: Republicans angry at his consorting with the “enemy” to get a stopgap funding bill passed in September ousted him three days later.
There is, however, growing confidence that Johnson’s two-tier, “clean” CR bill (dealing only with government funding) will find enough favor on both sides of the chamber to reach the 290 votes it needs to pass.
