
The White House on Tuesday urged “swift passage” of the new bipartisan three-month stopgap funding bill, as Congress faces a government shutdown deadline looming in a week. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) unveiled the new compromise continuing resolution (CR) proposal over the weekend, after an earlier House GOP-led proposal failed last week, while the new measure to fund the government through Dec. 20 no longer includes a $2 billion anomaly to support production of two Virginia-class submarines. “The administration calls for…