Schumer loses patience with Johnson over government shutdown standoff

• Schumer would need the better chunk of a week to get a funding bill through the Senate.
• Getting buy-in from 10 Senate Republicans would speed it up, but only by so much.

Zoom in: If Johnson manages to get a partisan bill through the House — the current bill is a six-month funding extension with a bill attached that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote — the Senate will strip it down to a three-month funding extension with no policy riders and send it straight back.

• That bill could theoretically hit the House just before the funding deadline, exerting maximum pressure on Johnson to put the bill on the floor and pass it with Democratic support.
• Or Schumer could start the process on his own government funding bill next week with buy-in from Senate Republicans. That would place the bill at Johnson's feet, again, just before a looming government shutdown.