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Speaker Johnson sticks to government funding plan despite GOP opposition

www.nbcnews.com Speaker Johnson sticks to government funding plan despite GOP opposition

Congress is working to avoid a government shutdown set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1. So far, the parties have not agreed on a plan.

His initial strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month is expected to fail and deal House Republicans an embarrassing blow. Due to their paper-thin majority, Republicans can afford only a handful of GOP defections on the vote, and many more than that have publicly voiced their opposition.

But the party’s standard bearer, Donald Trump, has called on Johnson and Republicans to shut down the government if they can’t link a funding bill to the SAVE Act, which would overhaul voting laws to require people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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