Government funding is slated to expire September but the House is not scheduled to return to Washington in full until the middle of next month . House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could easily pass a shortterm spending bill without the Freedom Caucus but crossing them could have political ramifications for the speaker . The hardline conservative caucus says they wont back a continuing resolution unless it includes a House border bill and a roll back of certain military policies at the Pentagon and deals with the unprecedented weaponization of the Justice Department . McCarthy has said he doesnt want this to go up against the Christmas holiday but typically itd go through early December if it followed the past precedent for these showdowns . The House has not said how long of a . continuing resolution is necessary but typically the typically it’d go through December if . itd went through the Christmas Christmas holiday if it follows the precedent for such a showdowns with these showsdowns. McCarthy hasnt said it would go through the December 31st of these showings. He has said itd gone through the . December 21st. If it was necessary, it would be December 31th, it’d be the first time since 2011 . McCarthy said he would need to pass a measure to avoid a shutdown. It would be a measure that would extend current spending levels in order to have more time to negotiate spending bills and to avert a shutdown . It would not be necessary to avoid it. It is not necessary to include a bill that would be passed by Congress. It has not been necessary to have a measure. It was not necessary. It’s not necessary for Congress to pass it. If you’ll be necessary for it to avoid this. It doesn’t need to be a bill to avoid that. It will not