Mike Johnson speaks on resolution to avoid government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with the press on his continuing resolutions to avoid a government shutdown Tuesday. “We are not going to have a massive omnibus spending bill right before Christmas. That is a gift to the American people because that is no way to legislate. It is not good stewardship,” Johnson said. “It's the reason we're in so much debt, that and the effects of Bidenomics, but we have to change it” Johnson's team is pushing something known as a "laddered CR." While a clean CR funds every government agency until a future date, a laddered approach would fund some agencies until one date and others until another date. The purpose of this would be to encourage a long-term budget to eventually pass. Related story: https://scrippsnews.com/stories/what-are-the-chances-of-a-government-shutdown/ ------------------------------------- Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scrippsnews