Speaker Mike Johnson: Government Shutdown Deal ‘Virtually Unmodified’ Except for Date

The government shutdown deal is “virtually unmodified” except for the date, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Tuesday.

He spoke to Newsmax’s Greta Van Susteren, who asked what exactly is in the deal and if it is different from the original clean resolution.

“What’s in it that… has to go over to the House?” she asked.

“Well, not much. I mean, the CR, the clean continuing resolution that you explained we passed back in September, mid-September – seems like a decade ago now – is virtually unmodified, except for the date, because we were going to extend another seven weeks, which would have given us until November 21 but of course, because of the…

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