Mike Johnson Reveals GOP’s Next Move In Shutdown Battle
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on November 3, 2025
By jake
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said Republicans are mapping their next move as the Nov. 21 deadline approaches for the stopgap bill that passed the House last month and is stalled in the Senate.
“We’re very mindful of the calendar. We’re very frustrated by that,” Johnson told reporters, adding GOP leaders will meet soon to weigh options.
Republican leaders are privately considering another short-term patch into early 2026 — as POLITICO reported — as part of any deal to reopen the government.
Talks have intensified across both chambers, with GOP leaders now eyeing an expiration window between Jan. 21 and March for any new agreement.
In the Senate, negotiators are discussing a package that could pair funding bills with a new stopgap to reopen the government, along with a vote for Democrats on extending expiring health insurance subsidies. Even as those talks continue, Republican leaders say they won’t allow full-year spending bills to advance before there’s a reopening deal.
Asked to weigh in on the president’s recent calls to end the filibuster, Johnson said he spoke with the president multiple times over the weekend. He said Trump is “very passionate about this,” while attributing the energy around the issue within the GOP to “the real desperation that we feel because we want the government to be open.”
“I understand desperate times call for desperate measures,” Johnson said. “I also understand that traditionally we’ve seen that as an important safeguard, I mean, I obviously shared my thoughts with the president on that.”
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