Shutdown deadline looms as early test for Mike Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is already facing the first big test of his nascent Speakership as he stares down a tight window to avoid a government shutdown.Government funding is set to run out Nov. 17, plunging Johnson straight into the same obstacle course that helped cost his predecessor the Speakership.Johnson has said he wants to prioritize passing full-year spending bills, while proposing a stopgap measure that would run through at least January.But as the House reopens and Republicans gea