US Shutdown Risk Eased in Stopgap Plan Offered by Johnson
- Speaker rejects conservative demands for spending cuts
- Senate more likely to go along with strings-free approach
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The risk of a US government shutdown on Nov. 18 eased as House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a compromise temporary funding plan without insisting on deep spending cuts that ultraconservatives have sought.
Johnson presented his proposal with less than a week to go before the current temporary spending bill runs out, leaving little time for Republicans and Democrats to work out differences and avoid a shutdown. But by refusing to impose the 30% immediate cut to spending and US asylum law changes demanded by some conservatives, Johnson improved the outlook for a compromise.