Speaker Johnson’s strategy to avoid a government shutdown under scrutiny by GOP colleagues

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House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s move to advance a two-part continuing resolution on Thursday drew mixed reviews from GOP members who are frustrated with infighting as they stared down a partial government shutdown.

Hard-line conservatives are reserving any animosity toward Johnson, appearing to come to terms with the fact that they won’t achieve their desired one-year stopgap bill. Instead, the deadline for the first six appropriations bills will be extended until March 8, and the remaining six will be moved to March 22.

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