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Mike Johnson scraps vote on funding bill after Republicans signal opposition
House speaker’s bill to avert October shutdown combined stopgap funding with controversial ‘election security’ plan
The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, hastily scrapped a planned vote on his government funding package on Wednesday after at least eight members of his own conference signaled opposition to the plan, raising more questions about how Congress will avert a partial shutdown before the end of the month.
Johnson had combined a six-month stopgap funding bill with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (Save) Act, a controversial proposal that would require people to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
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