Ryan Tells Colleagues House Will Act in Time to Avoid Shutdown

  • Doesn’t give fellow Republicans details of new spending bill
  • Government funding dries up Friday without new bill in place

Paul Ryan Needs Pelosi's Help to Avert a Gov't Shutdown

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Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republican colleagues that a spending bill will be ready in time to avert a potential government shutdown at week’s end, and keep agencies running and financed through the end of September.

Ryan provided few details of that bill, though, during a Saturday afternoon conference call with rank-and-file members, according to three members who participated.