Johnson’s final pitch on spending stopgap does little to appease conservative critics

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Speaker Mike Johnson made his final pitch on his bipartisan short-term spending bill to skeptical House Republicans on Tuesday. It didn’t do much to appease his critics. Johnson has embraced a “clean” plan to avert a looming government shutdown deadline on Oct. 1, punting the deadline to Dec. 20. It’s expected to pass the House on Wednesday, despite some GOP…