Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans he wants to utilize a special fast-track process that will require cooperation from Democrats to swiftly pass the funding package that the Senate is poised to send over and end what lawmakers hope will be a brief government shutdown.

Johnson told Republicans about his desired play call on a Friday late afternoon conference call, two GOP sources told The Hill.

The process, called suspension of the rules, will bypass the immense difficulty of getting unified Republican support for a regular procedural rule — votes that have given GOP leaders regular headaches as Republican rebels make last-minute demands and leverage the razor-thin House majority.

But the suspension process requires a two-thirds majority for success, meaning he will need support from more than 70 Democrats.

The Senate is expected to pass the revamped funding package on Friday night. It includes five full-year funding bills and a stopgap measure funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for two weeks while negotiators hash out Democratic demands for reforms to immigration enforcement.

But because government funding runs out at midnight and the House still needs to approve the package, there will be at least a short funding lapse for large portions of the federal government.

Johnson said he hopes to pass the package in the House on Monday.