House Republican leaders are charging ahead with a GOP plan to extend government funding, rejecting Democratic pleas for bipartisan talks and escalating the odds of a shutdown at the end of the month.

Behind Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), GOP leaders on Tuesday unveiled a short-term spending package, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to extend government funding largely at current levels through Nov. 21.

The package includes $30 million in new funding for lawmaker security — a last-minute addition in direct response to last week’s fatal shooting of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk — but does not address the Affordable Care Act tax credits and other health care issues as Democrats have demanded.

Indeed, House Democratic leaders wasted no time blasting the package with warnings that it will lead to a drastic spike in health care costs and cause millions of people to lose their health coverage. They’re vowing to oppose it in overwhelming numbers, leaving Johnson with the task of uniting his restive GOP conference behind the legislation in order to move it through the lower chamber this week.

“The House Republican-only spending bill fails to meet the needs of the American people and does nothing to stop the looming healthcare crisis,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement. “By refusing to........

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