Johnson says funding extension date under discussion as Nov. 21 draws closer

‘Date’s Lost’: Thune Undermines Johnson’s Strategy in Quest for Longer Funding Deal

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune may have just changed the calculus that has allowed House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep Republicans in their home districts since mid-September: he no longer believes continuing resolution legislation should reopen the government only until November 21. Speaker Johnson has insisted that the House will not vote on any legislation until the Senate passes the House’s bill, but now that Leader Thune has dr…

Johnson says funding extension date under discussion as Nov. 21 draws closer

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republican leaders will meet to discuss whether to extend the stopgap bill to reopen the government past Nov. 21 as time grows short to hammer out funding for the rest of the year. The Senate has failed 13 times to advance a stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution (CR) that passed the House in September and would fund the government at current levels through Nov. 21. Democrats have said they won’t suppo…

New CR date under discussion, Johnson says

“We’re very mindful of the calendar," the speaker said Monday.

Johnson says House GOP leaders will meet on extending funding deadline beyond Nov 21

Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have both commented on extending the funding date, though neither indicated what the new deadline would be.

Mike Johnson Says New Funding Bill Likely

“Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that GOP leaders are discussing ways to deal with the rapidly approaching Nov. 21 expiration date of the continuing resolution that passed the House last month and is now stalled in in the Senate,” Politico reports. “Republican leaders are privately eyeing another stopgap into early 2026 which would be part of any deal to reopen the government.”