Three Options to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Playbook: “With less than two weeks until government funding expires, Speaker Mike Johnson appears to be pursuing a collision course with Democrats over the continuing resolution Congress will need to quickly pass.”

“We’re told by a senior GOP aide that Johnson is prepared to discuss three potential paths at tomorrow morning’s Republican Conference meeting: (1) a clean CR into early next year, (2) a CR with across-the-board spending cuts, defense excepted, or (3) the ‘laddered’ CR Johnson floated last week, which would stagger the funding deadlines for various government agencies.”

“Only option 1 is going to get any cooperation from Democrats, and so far Johnson hasn’t been the go-along-to-get-along type, meaning we could be on track for a pre-Thanksgiving showdown.”