House speaker’s bill to avert October shutdown combines stopgap funding with so-called ‘election security’ measures
The House will vote on Wednesday on a government funding package that appears doomed to fail in the divided Congress, as Democrats and a handful of Republicans voice concerns about the two-pronged proposal.
The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, has 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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