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Senators grow anxious as Mike Johnson grapples with shutdown showdown

By Ramsey Touchberry
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House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) latest government funding feud with hard-line Republicans has senators lying in wait — for now.

Top senators in both parties are giving Johnson space to negotiate a short-term spending deal, but they warn that the upper chamber may soon be forced to step in to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown.

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