Johnson in ‘colossal mess’ with ‘no plan’ to avert shutdown amid rising anger: reports

Speaker Mike Johnson and his Republican majority in the House reportedly have "no plan" to avert a shutdown of the federal government—a shutdown that will begin at 12:01 AM Saturday unless they can draft and pass replacement legislation, convince the Senate to pass it, and get President Joe Biden to sign it into law—all in about 36 hours.

"It's a colossal mess," NBC News' Sahil Kapur reported Thursday morning (video below). "This bill looked all set to pass the House and the Senate over the coming days.