there are now just five days for congress to,a vert a shutdown of the federal government. newly elected speaker mike johnson has announce a two-step plan to fund the government and it is running into opposition from democrats and some republicans. cnn s manu raju has the details. speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling the plan to keep the government open with just a handful of days before the end of the week deadline, but already facing fire from his right flank who members of the house freedom caucus concerned about the lack of spending cuts. democrats didn t want any spending cuts and would vote against it and it would not have aid to israel and they re criticizing the unconventional approach by johnson and some agencies would be funded until mid-january and others until early-february and this is an unusual approach, but one johnson says can help achieve their legislative objectives. how many folks on the right will push back and try to push him out
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pressure is designed to produce a result. bret: that s in the house, let alone as you said the senate. mike emanuel on the hill. president trump is supporting the cr plan but many in his party remain unsure exactly what he really wants. chief white house correspondent john roberts fills us in on that and the president s tax cut today. good evening. after what appeared to be another twitter misfire early this morning, the white house staff was left to issue another what the president meant memo. the president headed to pittsburgh to sell his tax reform law. the signs of america s comeback can be seen at companies like this one. its most successful year in its 35 year history. congratulations, good job. president trump taking of the road for the first time since signing tax reform into law, touting the benefits of a plan he says that selling itself.
government shutdown, wherever you want to put the blame as a partisan, you know, you may do that, but as he s doing that, he seems to really be just proving that he s he s as much the problem if not the bigger problem here. the president always had difficulty adjusting to what it means to negotiate major legislation. at a time when republicans desperately, i mean, the president as well, desperately want to keep the focus on the tax reform bill that he signed last month, all of the good news that is coming out of that in terms of job creation, and investme for corporations that are benefitting from the corporate tax cuts, the president is blowing up his party s plan to jam democrats on the continuing resolution and to keep the government open by appearing to say that he does not agree with this idea of including c.h.i.p., which is children s health insurance. for the poor, this linchpin of the cr plan that is the republicans way of trying to get democratic votes and force the
now. the president tweeting this, quote, house democrats want a shutdown for the holidays to distract from the very popular just passed tax cuts. house republicans don t let this happen. pass the cr. that s continuing resolution. pass the cr today and keep our government open. let s go straight to capitol hill to sunlen, our correspondent up there. sunlen, talk to me about a time line and when the short-term government funding could actually come through. reporter: yeah, this is a big sign, brooke, as you referenced this is starting to come together today the fact that the leadership has set a time this afternoon to vote on this cr plan, likely happen between 4:30 and 5:00 range tonight but simply would not bring a bill to the floor of the house if it would fail. that s a sign leadership is confident they have the support behind the scenes to get the vote through and passed through the house tonight. we have been talking in the