It’s being reported that Speaker Johnson believes he has the votes from Republicans to pass a clean continuing resolution to keep the government from shutting down.
Here’s the news:
“I think we have the votes, and I think it’s just very unfortunate the Democrats are trying to play partisan games when we’re in good faith trying to fund the government.”
🚨NEWS — @speakerjohnson says he believes House Republicans have the votes to pass a clean CR tomorrow.
“I think we have the votes, and I think it's it's just very unfortunate the Democrats are trying to play partisan games when we're in good faith trying to fund the…
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 18, 2025
Johnson has said this before and it didn’t come to pass, so we’ll see if he’s right this time. It sucks that it’s a clean CR, but I get why they are doing this given Schumer’s absolute need to prove himself to the left after he caved earlier this year.