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Home Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled plans for a authorities funding stopgap by September 30 — a measure meant to stave off a possible shutdown on Friday and purchase time for Donald Trump and GOP leaders to steer key items of the president’s agenda by Congress this summer time.

What’s within the proposal: Whereas GOP management aides harassed that the plan consists of no partisan coverage add-ons, it does embrace sure White Home funding requests, comparable to some new cash meant to assist perform extra deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

GOP management aides stated Saturday that it might improve protection spending by about $6 billion however drop home spending by about $13 billion.

Trump backs the invoice: The president has endorsed the measure.

Trump stated Sunday {that a} authorities shutdown “may occur” however that it might be Democrats’ fault, and that he believes the proposed authorities funding stopgap invoice will finally go.

Republicans weigh in: Some Republican lawmakers are publicly indicating they’ll help the plan, together with Rep. Chip Roy, a member of the staunchly conservative Home Freedom Caucus, which may usually current roadblocks for Johnson.

Roy defended the proposal on Sunday, telling Fox Information it was a method of “maintaining the lights on” for Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity to proceed their sweeping cuts to federal companies whereas maintaining spending at present ranges.

Others are to this point non-committal. GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick informed CBS on Sunday that he’s nonetheless “digging by” the measure and would have most well-liked a bipartisan proposal.

What Democrats are saying: In an ominous signal for Congress’ capability to stave off the shutdown, Home Democratic leaders rapidly slammed the door on supporting the measure. That might depart Johnson with just about no room for Republican defections.

There are already indicators the invoice may face hassle in Congress’ higher chamber, too: Democratic Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey accused Johnson of abandoning ongoing bipartisan talks on funding the federal government.

“Republicans are in control of this course of now,” Kim informed CNN’s Jake Tapper.