How Mike Johnson plans to beat the deadline on a government shutdown

Congressional leaders are daring their members to vote against the grand plan to avoid a shutdown at the end of January. Why it matters: In a Congress defined by the silent treatment and name-calling , the leaders have made the calendar their ally. Sure, there’s some caterwauling from Democrats about missing their best opportunity (for now) to reform ICE .

But it doesn’t seem loud enough to derail the whole package. “I’m not worried about the Senate,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters. “I think we’re sending them what they think they can pass.” State of play: Appropriators released the details of the last four spending bills on Tuesday morning.

The House passed a two-title bill to fund the Treasury and State, as well as the IRS and Federal Trade Commission, last