Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is pushing for an “old-school conference” to approve up to three regular government funding bills, with the House’s top GOP appropriator signaling they are close to a deal to do just that in conjunction with a stopgap.

Such a move, if Democrats agree, could avert a government shutdown at the end of the month — but would conflict with hardliners in the House GOP who are advocating for a long-term continuing resolution as long as a year.

“What we’re really advocating for is an actual, old-school conference, the way this is supposed to work, between the House and Senate,” Johnson said in a press conference on Tuesday.

He is referring to the process of a formal committee to reconcile differences between the House and Senate on appropriations bills that have pass

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