Government Shutdown Looms as GOP Struggles to Unite on Funding Strategy

"New Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Pressure from Divided GOP Over Approaching Government Shutdown Deadline, Contemplating Multiple Funding Strategies Amid Escalating Party Tensions."

New House Speaker Mike Johnson faces escalating tension within the Republican party as he attempts to avoid a government shutdown when the current short-term funding bill expires in one week.
Johnson's strategy, similar to that of his predecessor Kevin McCarthy, is to rely only on Republican votes to pass spending bills. However, Republicans have struggled to agree on bills that at least 216 of them support.
Johnson presented three options to his party: a stopgap bill with conservative policy changes; a 'staggered' approach, funding parts of the government until mid-December and parts until mid-January; or accepting whatever the Senate sends over.
One proposed solution, a 'laddered' continuing resolution, received backing from the far-right Freedom Caucus. This unprecedented approach would allow certain spending bills to expire sooner than others, potentially causing more shutdown scares.
With Johnson's attempts to pass individual spending bills failing due to internal discord in the Republican party, some type of stopgap spending plan seems inevitable.