GOP Reps Claim That Johnson Has Struck Funding Deal

The Washington Post reports:

Oklahoma Republican Reps. Stephanie Bice and Tom Cole, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, just told reporters that Republicans have struck a funding deal.

“There is a deal, and the details are forthcoming,” Bice told reporters as she left House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) office. She said the vote is expected later Thursday.

Neither Republican offered further details on the deal, but it comes about 24 hours after Republicans, egged on by President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, rejected a bipartisan three-month stopgap funding extension. The government will shut down this weekend if a bill is not passed.

Politico reports:

The plan Johnson is expected to put on the House floor later Thursday includes, according to three Republicans familiar with the deal, a stopgap measure

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