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Paul hopes to carve out a libertarian lane in a party he says is shaped by populism.

Speaker Mike Johnson is instead looking at a two-month funding punt that cannot pass the Senate.

It’s still TBD whether a supplemental military funding request will come with the broader fiscal blueprint for fiscal 2027.

“I’m really, really hopeful this doesn’t turn into a boots-on-the-ground situation,” said Arizona Rep. Eli Crane.

The Senate-passed legislation “should be brought to the floor immediately,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.

There’s little certainty this plan, which rejects the Senate-passed deal, will bring an end to the extended agency shutdown.

The speaker is confronting an internal backlash on the Senate-passed bill.