Before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can dare Senate Democrats to reject a Republican-crafted bill to avert an end-of-week shutdown, he has to pull off a feat: keeping his fractious, razor-thin majority united behind the legislation.

House Democrats gathered in a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to rail against House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) short-term federal funding bill. Why it matters: Even some of the party's most centrist members are lining up against the bill,

The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear if Johnson can pass it with only Republicans.