House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday pulled a vote on a stopgap funding bill after GOP support for the legislation collapsed, CNN reported.
“No vote today because we’re in the consensus-building business here in Congress with small majorities,” Johnson told reporters hours before the scheduled vote on the bill. “We are having thoughtful conversations, family conversations within the Republican conference, and I believe we will get there.”
Johnson faced pushback over his plan to attach an election integrity measure to the continuing resolution, which would have funded the federal government for six months past an Oct. 1 partial shutdown deadline.
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