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Government funding running out unless Speaker Mike Johnson can shore up support for bill

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House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambling to salvage a stopgap measure to keep federal offices running into March .

Rank-and-file lawmakers decry the massive 1,500 -page bill over its increased spending.

A number of Republicans were waiting for Trump to signal whether they should vote yes or no.

Federal government funding runs out at midnight Friday .

The bill also includes provisions focused on countering China , including expanding on President Biden 's executive order that seeks to restrict investments into countries that pose a national security threat to the United States . Blocking China ’s high-tech ambitions is one of the few issues that enjoys broad support in Washington from both Republicans and Democrats ..