House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a stopgap funding bill to maintain current federal spending levels through September 30.

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending.

Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill on Saturday to avoid a potential government shutdown on March 14. The proposal would fund the government through September,