Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson, here on November 2, raises the prospects of a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t act between now and next Friday .
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Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson, here on November 2, raises the prospects of a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t act between now and next Friday .
Mandatory Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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House Republicans struggle with government funding as shutdown looms

Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson is running smack dab into the same spending problems that plagued his predecessor, raising the prospects of a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t act between now and next Friday and further exposing divisions within the conference.