Speaker Johnson faces toughest test yet on how to avoid a government shutdown

By Reese Gorman

Published November 9, 2023 12:10pm ET

Speaker Johnson faces toughest test yet on how to avoid a government shutdown — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republican leaders and family members of people kidnapped by Hamas in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on November 07, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Family members of people kidnapped on Oct. 7 in Israel joined House Republican leaders to plead for their release and for continued support from the United States for Israel's war against Hamas. | (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to decide Thursday what stopgap funding measure he will put forward to avert a government shutdown on Nov. 17, his first real test since winning the gavel.

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