Senate GOP delivers latest blow to Johnson’s doomed spending plan

Published September 11, 2024 5:00am ET



Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) government funding plan to punt a new budget into the next administration jeopardizes military readiness and threatens a government shutdown.

The uneasiness among some GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber presents the latest glaring obstacle for the Louisiana Republican’s strategy that already appears doomed in his own chamber and unable to reach the Democratic-led Senate.

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