Speaker Johnson, in an attempt to satisfy his GOP colleagues and avoid the fate of his predecessor, is throwing everything at the wall in working to avoid a government shutdown. With just nine days to go before another shutdown, the speaker has made it clear that he is working on a short-term resolution as the House pushes its remaining spending bills. House conservatives, though, may once again revolt over the plan. 

The favored proposal of House conservatives is a “laddered” continuing resolution, meaning a short-term budget deal that extends the life of federal agencies in a staggered way in order to give the House more time to pass its appropriations bills. It would also allow Mr. Johnson to avoid conservative objections to blanket continuing resolutions, which mean the entire federal government has its funding extended to a set date.