House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said Sunday that his party would back the funding bill to avoid a full shutdown after the Senate passed a package ahead of the weekend. "Republicans are going to do the responsible thing and fund the government," the House speaker said during an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press , telling host Kristen Welker on Sunday, "We're going to demonstrate once again that this is the party that takes governing seriously." In the fall, Trump oversaw