House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shut down the idea of bringing his chamber back before the Senate acts on a government funding bill, telling reporters Wednesday it would be a "futile exercise."

Why it matters: The House hasn't voted since Sept. 19, when they passed a clean continuing resolution through Nov. 21. Johnson signaled he's willing to blow through that November deadline and leave it to the Senate to come up with a new bill. • "If I brought the House back, and we passed another CR, it would meet the exact same fate with Chuck Schumer. He would mock it, they would spike it, and they would try to blame it on us. So what's the point?" Johnson said Wednesday at his daily press conference. • Last week, Johnson told Axios that they're taking it "day-by-day," in terms of determini

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