Key things to know about House Speaker Mike Johnson's two-step plan to keep the government open

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a two-step plan for funding the government on a GOP conference call with members Saturday afternoon. “I wasn’t the architect of the mess we are in,” he argued, according to a source on the call.

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