Speaker Johnson embraces Freedom Caucus tactics in shutdown fight

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is championing the benignant of hardline stances successful the authorities shutdown combat agelong favored by the House Freedom Caucus. The Speaker has canceled antecedently scheduled votes successful the little enclosure and kept the House successful extended recess arsenic helium aims to enactment maximum unit connected Senate Democrats to judge the “clean” stopgap to re-open…