Johnson pulls stopgap spending bill – Axios
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ditched a planned vote Wednesday on his six-month stopgap funding bill that included a crackdown on non-citizen voting.
Why it matters: It’s the latest setback for Johnson, who was facing opposition from fellow Republicans as well nearly all Democrats and raises pressure on GOP leaders to find an alternative path for avoiding a shutdown in less than three weeks.
- “No vote today because we’re in the consensus-building business,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday.
- That likely puts off a House vote on a stopgap bill until next week at the earliest.
- At least eight GOP lawmakers publicly came out against the bill, despite pressure from former President Trump to back it, leaving Johnson short of the votes he would need to pass it out of the chamber.
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