politicsnation. tonight s leads, not a moment to lose. right now it s five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i m out exportation s, in tuesday s elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island s first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they re a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in
on it as early as it is tuesday, this tuesday, to give members 72 hours to read through the bill. we are witnessing in realtime the first big test for the speaker, you will recall, he was elected just two weeks ago after right-wing republicans forced out kevin mccarthy. mccarthy s ousting the embodiment of a divided gop. , speaker johnson has to get them all on the same page. but the party is still showing signs of major dysfunction. this, week house republicans, they canceled votes on the two party unding bills, a step backwards for the speaker. republican congressman tory nelson telles texas put a like this, quote, i don t think the lord jesus and could manage this group. and with, that let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie circuit. julie, walk us through some of the key takeaways from speaker johnson s two tiered plan? well the big thing to know about this bill, just first and foremost, is that it is by all accounts a clean continuing resolution. meani