Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson Said Sunday he believed he had the votes to end part of the election government shutdown Ahead of Tuesday, the House will take up the Senate-approved spending package this week.

“Let’s say I’m confident that we can do that by at least Tuesday,” the Louisiana Republican said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

part of the us government closure Congress failed to approve the spending package and send it to the president Saturday morning Donald Trump Deadline of January 30th.

Senate Democrats are demanding changes to the package originally passed by the House after two U.S. citizens were shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minnesota. Democrats finally got Department of Homeland Security Funding for the program was eliminated and replaced with temporary funding for the agency for two weeks. The revised package must now be re-approved by the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives is scheduled to begin consideration of the bill on Monday. this house rules committee A meeting is scheduled for Monday, the first step in the process.

Johnson said he was not counting on Democratic support to help fast-track the measure under a “suspension rule,” which would require a 2/3 majority in the House.

“We have the logistical challenge of getting everyone into town, and because of my conversations with (Democratic leaders) Hakeem JeffriesI knew we had to pass a rule and probably do it mostly on our own,” Johnson said.

House Democrats are demanding assurances that changes to the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration operations will be finalized before a vote on the spending package.

“Well, we’re going to have this conversation later today when we get back to Washington,” Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said when asked on ABC’s “This Week” how he and Democrats would vote. “But one of the things we’ve said publicly is we need a strong path to dramatic reform.”

“Governments can’t just talk the talk. They need to walk the walk. That should start today. Not in two weeks, but today,” he said.

Sources familiar with the matter told MS NOW over the weekend that Jeffries spoke to Johnson and said Democrats would not provide the votes to fast-track the spending plan, which could jeopardize the end of this week’s government shutdown.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he would vote against the package at the meeting.

“I’m not just opposed, I’m staunchly opposed and I’m going to be advocating to my colleagues that they vote no,” Khanna said. “I cannot in good conscience vote to give ICE agents more money because they violate our constitutional rights.”

Democratic resistance to the package has made Johnson’s job of pushing it through more difficult. He holds a narrow 218-213 majority in the House, which will be further reduced with the election of Democrat Christian Menefee. win special election In Texas.

“Yes, I have a one-vote advantage through the rest of 2026,” Johnson said. “But we will prove again that this is a party that is serious about governing.”

In addition to the stopgap measure for Homeland Security, the plan includes bills to fully fund the departments of Defense, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Education for the remainder of the fiscal year.

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