Johnson not asking Trump to call GOP holdouts on funding package

End of government shutdown in sight as Speaker Johnson overcomes GOP revolt

The House is expected to vote on sending the government funding bill to President Donald Trump's desk later on Tuesday after it survived an important procedural hurdle.

Johnson not asking Trump to call GOP holdouts on funding package

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday expressed optimism about the House approving a funding package to end the partial government shutdown despite demands from conservatives, saying that he is not asking President Trump to call those Republican holdouts to get the deal over the finish line. Johnson said he thinks the House will approve the [...]

ICYMI: Speaker Johnson Discusses Reopening the Federal Government and DHS Funding Negotiations at Weekly House Republican Leadership Press Conference - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson discussed House Republicans’ overcoming Democrat objectionsto responsibly end the partial government shutdown, the status of DHS negotiations, and Republicans making tax filing easier for working families.  “We have to make sure we maintain the important parameters here; we can’t go down the road of amnesty. You can’t in any way lighten the enf…