FOX News Capitol Hill reporter Chad Pergram asked House Speaker Mike Johnson about blaming Democrats for a possible impending government shutdown: SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Here's the bottom line. If Congressional Democrats refuse to support this clean CR,

Before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can dare Senate Democrats to reject a Republican-crafted bill to avert an end-of-week shutdown, he has to pull off a feat: keeping his fractious, razor-thin majority united behind the legislation.

Speaker Johnson said in a press conference that he believes the GOP has enough votes to keep the government funded.