House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he is confident that the House will end the partial government shutdown that was initiated on Saturday after Congress failed to approve a measure to keep the government funded.
“I’m confident that we’ll do it at least by Tuesday,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “We have a logistical challenge of getting everyone in town.”
Johnson appeared to have been referring to transportation problems related to recent winter storms that left areas without power or canceled thousands of flights late last month.
He added that after conversations with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Republicans in the lower congressional chamber have “got to pass a rule and [will] probably do this mostly on our own,” adding that that’s “very unfortunate.”…