House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., canceled a planned vote on a GOP stopgap funding plan aimed at preventing a government shutdown at the end of the month, delaying it until Republicans can “build consensus” within the party, Politico reported.
Johnson’s funding plan combined a six-month continuing resolution with a bill backed by former President Donald Trump that would require voters to show proof of citizenship before casting a ballot; however, the plan came under fire from fiscal conservatives who opposed another stopgap funding measure and from defense hawks who expressed concerns about a lack of funding increase for the Pentagon.
Others could not see a path forward for the bill even if it passed the House. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has iterated he would not move for a vote on the measure, and, according to the White House, President Joe Biden would veto the bill if it ended up on his desk.
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