Speaker Johnson Puts His Job on the Line To Keep Government Open
House conservatives are enraged by a bargain struck by the speaker and Senate majority leader ahead of the Friday government shutdown deadline.

Speaker Johnson is putting his job at risk by striking a deal with Senator Schumer and House Democrats to keep the government open past the partial shutdown deadline this coming Friday. His pitch for a short-term funding extension until March has enraged some conservatives, who are threatening to remove him from office after he promised in November that he would not kick the can down the road on the budget.
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