Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson aims to hold a vote on Tuesday on a bill to fund the government through September 30, a move needed to avert a partial shutdown of agencies late next week, he told reporters on Thursday. The bill, a continuing resolution, or CR, that would fund the government at current levels for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, could be unveiled as soon as Friday, said Johnson, who leads a narrow 218-214 majority. "It’ll probably be on Tuesday," Johnson told reporters, adding that he expects the measure to pass. "We’ll have the votes, I believe. I believe we do." Members of the House Freedom Caucus, a bloc of roughly three dozen hardline conservatives who typically oppose CRs that lack spending cuts to reduce a federal deficit of just under $1.9 trillion, signaled their support for the funding measure this week after a meeting with President Donald Trump.
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