The Speaker of the U.S. House plans to vote next week on a temporary spending bill

ON 16 JULY, THE SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MIKE JOHNSON, INDICATED THAT HE PLANNED TO SUBMIT A CONTINUING RESOLUTION (CR) TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEXT WEEK TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT TO VOTE, THUS OPENING THE WAY FOR A FUNDING BATTLE BEFORE THE 30 SEPTEMBER DEADLINE. ON THURSDAY MORNING IN NEW YORK, JOHNSON (REPUBLICAN, LOUISIANA), REFERRING TO THE ONGOING RESOLUTION, SAID: “THIS IS THE CURRENT PLAN”. CONGRESS WILL NEED TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OTHERWISE IT WILL FALL BACK ON THE RUN-UP TO THE MID-NOVEMBER ELECTIONS。