Mike Johnson unveils plan to avert government shutdown

New House speaker Mike Johnson’s new proposal to avoid a government shutdown needs to make its way through the House and the Senate with just five days left to reach a deal. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports for Sunday TODAY.

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[ashleybosschannel]

With all the money ppl spend how is the govt broke 😒 like we all pay taxes n crap

[TAYLORFAN]

Same old rhetoric. Shut down the government and then reward them with backpay for sitting at home when a deal is reached. What a facade!

[jsch]

Creepy AF. Gives off Jared the Subway guy vibes.

[MolyAbhane]

Mega Mike got to go ! Mike is not fit to be the leader

[Sulla]

“The clock is ticking with five days to go” here we go with the drama

[johncahill]

Do we really need a plan?? You could just vote in what’s needed without trying to extort something in return. You know, actually serve the country for a change. Oh, but you’re “conservatives”.

[marybailey]

Mike Johnson looks more Jewish than Christian?

[Mr.HondaMoto]

0:57 Who is the guy wearing the robe and why is he there?

[darzellenone]

Actually we had shut down before and it works itself out and everybody gets their money eventually anyway but I do like what he's doing

[icydaze]

Close our boarder 8 million extra people in the United States is making our day by day expensive

[josephoneill]

Pass a normal budget as per Congress's duty. Stop the omnibus bloated spending routine!

[janetsheraw]

Lol there is no choice lol they didnt have a speaker for 3 weeks and then they took another week off to regroup lol now there was no time to pass anything. So quit crying see what happens but I know its past time.for both sides to work together if you.cant then stop paying them

[gailcarey]

His plan sounds logical. It’s time to stop with the Status Quo and do things measured with more time to consider each Bills long term effects.

[JuanitaBuckingham]

Just put money back in these government programs for the american people. What is the problem, stop playing with productive citizens tax dollars, we need the government open and to stop supporting foreign affaira, the president need to focus on the poor, and the working poor, since the maga rich received their tax break from Trump, our government has been going down hill..

[swaroopkrishnamurthy]

Every year more money is allocated in budget compared to previous year, but still government runs out of money quickly. Budget planning is just a scam, giving out free money all year around

[jamesjackovich]

Johnson is from the second most impoverished state tell me when he starts throwing beads