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Deirdre Walsh

Speaker Johnson navigates 'mission impossible' to avoid shutdown, without clear plan

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a deadline to avoid a possible government shutdown on November 17. With splits inside his own party he can't afford to lose many votes if he pursues a partisan stopgap proposal. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Speaker Mike Johnson is learning quickly that, although he may have received unanimous support to get the gavel, the sharp divisions among House Republicans over spending bills remain.

Two times this week, Johnson, R-La., was forced to pull federal budget bills from the floor after it became clear that Republican opposition meant they would fail to pass.

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