Speaker Mike Johnson's Bill to Stop a Government Shutdown

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The House passes legislation to fund the federal government through early 2024, but Speaker Mike Johnson is forced to rely on Democratic votes. This same move prompted a Republican revolt against his predecessor, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but will the GOP's chaos caucus give Johnson more leeway, and is avoiding a holiday omnibus spending bill a kind of victory on its own? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:47.0	The House passes a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week.
0:53.2	But with almost half of Republicans voting, no.
0:55.8	What does it say about new Speaker Mike Johnson's hold on the gavel?
1:00.4	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson, with the Wall Street Journal.
1:03.8	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member,
1:09.4	Kate Batchelder, Odell.
1:11.3	November 17th is the latest deadline to prevent a government shutdown, but as of Tuesday
1:16.1	night, one half of Congress had now passed a bill to kick that deadline into next year.
1:22.2	Let's start with the new speaker Mike Johnson making the
1:24.3	argument that this is the right move for Republicans. What we need to do is
1:27.8	avoid the government shutdown. Why? Because that would unduly harm the
1:31.2	American people. Troops wouldn't be paid.
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