President Donald Trump said he believes a government shutdown can be avoided this week.
Trump expressed cautious optimism ahead of Tuesday’s vote on a continuing resolution, or CR, that would fund the government at current levels through Sept. 30 and avert a shutdown.
A shutdown “could happen,” Trump told reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One. “It shouldn’t have happened, and it probably won’t. I think the CR is going to get passed. We’ll see.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday unveiled the 99-page, six-month stopgap spending bill and said that he intends to bring the measure for a House vote before funding runs out at midnight on Friday, March 14….