Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has dismissed the idea of a separate House vote to ensure military pay during the ongoing government shutdown, asserting that the House already passed a funding bill to maintain operations and pay troops. The government shutdown is in its eighth day, and Johnson emphasized that the responsibility now lies with the Senate to pass the measure. The House passed a federal funding bill last month that would have kept troops paid and avoided the shutdown altogether, but the bill has stalled in the Senate. Democrats continue to insist on pairing any CR with an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are poised to expire at the end of 2