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Speaker Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown Already Unpopular

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Text of the proposal was revealed Saturday and is expected to fund different federal agencies for different amounts of time.

Mark Alfred
Mark Alfred 

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
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Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Saturday unveiled his plan to avoid a looming government shutdown next week with a spending proposal that is already getting heat from all sides.

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Mark Alfred

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