US government to stay open

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@thegreatdane

Seems snarky of the author.

Yeah, the writer was enjoying his snark.

The Dems miscalculated that the House couldn’t pass a CR. Johnson managed to, and that put the Senate D’s in the box they’re in.

Johnson has done better as Speaker than most here expected. From November 2023:

House passes Gov't Funding Bill with majority DEM votes

{{{ Instead, Johnson failed to win over enough of his more hardline conservative colleagues to pass a rule, and he was forced to move the bill “under suspension,” a maneuver that required the package to win the support of a significant number of Democrats. In the end, Glassman said, Johnson found himself making the same trade-off that got his predecessor, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, booted from the job: swapping conservative votes for Democratic support to keep the government open. }}} “Und…

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