House speaker Mike Johnson faces race against the clock as shutdown is just days away – US politics live

Johnson’s proposal unveiled at weekend would stretch funding until 19 January but doesn’t include cuts Republican colleagues are asking for

Johnson’s funding plan has also been met with resistance from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle, further adding to fears that a government shutdown is looming.

Democratic senator Brian Schatz called Johnson’s measure “super convoluted”.

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