Johnson Says House Lawmakers Need Return to DC to Avoid Delays

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) urged lawmakers to start returning to Washington immediately in anticipation of a likely midweek vote to end the shutdown, warning they could face flight delays caused by the ongoing funding lapse.

Johnson said lawmakers should “return to Washington as quickly as possible” once senators pass the continuing resolution packaged with three appropriations bill. The final vote on that package could come as soon as today in the upper chamber, after it cleared a key procedural vote last night.

Airlines had to reduce flights over the weekend as air traffic controllers and other federal workers, hurting from ...