Republicans Ignore Trump’s Demand for Government Shutdown, Setting Up Spending Vote for Wednesday
A small number of Republicans successfully sank Speaker Johnson’s original funding package that included a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Speaker Johnson will be forced to rely on votes from Democrats in the coming days to keep the government open through the November election after House conservatives tanked his original bill, which included steeper cuts and legislation that would create a new requirement that individuals show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Mr. Johnson and his leadership team are ignoring President Trump’s demand that the government be shut down if the voter registration bill is not passed.
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