Emerging from a nearly two-hour meeting with Republican members, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said that the conference was "unified" around a plan, but did not share details.
Johnson told reporters, "There is a unanimous agreement in the room that we need to move forward. But I expect that we will be proceeding forward. We will not have a government shutdown, and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid, for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays."
House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise told reporters that the package may not include a provision to raise the debt ceiling, something President-elect Donald Trump had demanded this week, but ultimately helped sink an earlier proposal.
The third attempt to avert a shutdown comes as House Republicans have spent the week trying to balance President-elect Donald Trump's policy demands with the realities of Congress.
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