House GOP Privately Expects Government Shutdown

“Behind closed doors, House Republicans have shifted from optimistically cautious to expecting a government shutdown,” Axios reports.

“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will have to choose in coming weeks between a fight with Democrats that threatens a shutdown, or a deal with Democrats that threatens his job.”

“The government will start a partial shutdown unless a budget or spending stopgap is passed by March 1. It will go into a full shutdown if there’s not a budget or stopgap by March 8.”