House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) yesterday unveiled a short-term measure to fund the government through Dec. 20.
The proposed “clean” continuing resolution, meaning a stopgap measure without partisan or controversial bill riders attached, would remove the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. It also includes supplemental funding for the Secret Service.
The U.S. Capitol building on Sept. 16, 2024. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times)
The bill was introduced eight days before the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown.
In a letter to colleagues, Johnson said that a continuing resolution “is the only option that remains” to prevent a government shutdown due to the Senate’s failure to pass any of the year’s 12 appropriations bills….