The following article by Lindsey McPherson was posted on the Roll Call website September 5, 2018:
Ryan confident there won’t be a government shutdown, saying, ’I think the results will prove itself‘
Whether it was the potential of a government shutdown or President Donald Trump suggesting that his Department of Justice erred in bring charges against two Republican congressmen just months ahead of the midterms, Speaker Paul D. Ryan is shrugging off the controversy.
Consider it part of the “no drama” strategy House GOP leaders laid out to their conference Wednesday morning.
Members leaving the meeting said their leadership wants to avoid a shutdown this fall and work with the Senate to enact as many appropriations bills as they can before the end of the month, limiting the number of agencies they’ll have to fund through a continuing resolution.