House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown – US politics live

Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midterms Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. House speaker Mike Johnson will launch a floor vote to pass the stopgap funding bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections. The Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to continue building his $400m White House ballroom project.