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government shutdown could happen in just a matter of days without an agreement with congress. johnson came into the speakership after previous speaker kevin mccarthy was kicked out for keeping the government open for roughly 45 days but not seeking spending cuts. the right wing revolted against him. then johnson came in and had to deal with how to keep the government open. he also opted for a short-term funding increase, but he did something unusual, to set up two different deadlines, one for some government agencies on january 19th. others for the rest of them, on february 2nd. now congress has been gone since before christmas, comes back this week and will have to make some key decisions with very little time here in the days ahead. johnson and chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, have been in talks for weeks about trying to figure out a way to set overall government funding levels. they re close to agreement on that aspect. there are still a whole host of other issues that cou

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