Ron Johnson offers to end blockade in Senate spending package

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday that he is willing to waive his blockade of the Senate’s effort to pass spending legislation if he wins an amendment vote on a bill to end government shutdowns. 

Lawmakers told reporters that Johnson was in discussions with Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, about the potential amendment vote to the trio of funding bills — known as a “minibus” — the upper chamber is attempting to move. 

The bill Johnson wants a vote on is being proposed by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.).