Washington — House GOP leaders on Tuesday announced a plan to avoid a shutdown and keep the government funded until Nov. 21, unveiling legislation that also includes funds for additional security to lawmakers and other officials in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination .

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said the bill is not "partisan" but a "short-term, clean continuing resolution that will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we continue all this work and doing our jobs and getting the remaining bills done."

The speaker said a Friday vote is expected in the House, giving lawmakers the standard 72 hours to review the legislation. But he later said a vote could happen before then "if there's an appetite to do it

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