Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries discussed extending government funding past a Sept. 30 deadline into November or December when the two spoke last week, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the private conversation.
Two of the people familiar with the call said Johnson floated the short-term stopgap to Jeffries, which would avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 and delay what could be a bitter standoff over federal spending.
Senior Republicans discussed the upcoming funding deadline during a closed-door meeting in Johnson’s office Tuesday afternoon. Johnson said in the meeting that Jeffries…
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