Mike Johnson reveals plans for an afternoon vote while acknowledging there is ‘one more little detail to work out’
The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, told reporters on Friday that “we will not have a government shutdown” while revealing plans for an afternoon vote on a spending deal, though he acknowledged there is still “one more little detail to work out”.
House Republicans met early Friday afternoon to try to broker a deal before the government is set to shutdown at midnight. The negotiations come after, in a blow to Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress failed to pass a pared-down spending bill on Thursday – one day before a potential shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel and deliver a blow to the US economy just a month before Trump returns to the White House.
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