Speaker Johnson suggests he’s open to short-term stopgap government funding measure until Jan. 15

Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested on Sunday he is open to a. short-term stopgap measure to the keep the government funded past the Nov. 17 deadline set under the previous funding measure.

Asked on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” if he would consider a short-term funding bill, Johnson said, “I’ve talked with my colleagues about this in race for the Speaker…I mentioned that I would favor as for purposes of discussion to building consense around if there indeed has to be a stopgap funding measure that we would do that until January 15.”