By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he believes he has the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown within days and that the chamber will debate Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms for two weeks after that.
“I’m confident that we’ll do it at least by Tuesday. We have a logistical challenge of getting everyone in town,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”. Transport problems are persisting following a snowstorm that affected travel in the southeastern U.S.
The U.S. entered what is expected to be a brief shutdown on Saturday after Congress failed to approve a deal to keep a wide swath of operations funded. The Senate easily passed a spending package on Friday but the House of Representatives is out of town.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been working to ensure a debate over…
