Congress has until the end of the work week to determine, once again,
how to keep the government funded. New House Speaker Mike Johnson wants
to pass a continuing resolution that is going to delay funding for some
government agencies until January and the rest of until the deadline in
early February. The CR is clean enough that it’ll be hard for Democrats
to reject the plan, Playbook co-author Rachael Bade explains. But, even
some hardline Republicans are already vowing they won’t vote for
it.Plus, the GOP Primary pool is down another candidate, new exclusive
polling shows a comfortable win for Donald Trump in 2024, and the rest
of the news you need to know today.

Playbook editor Mike DeBonis interviews Playbook co-author Rachael Bade.