<p>With a potential <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> looming in less than two weeks, the Republican-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> rejected on Wednesday a six-month spending measure combined with reforms meant to help prevent non-citizens from voting in federal elections.</p>
<p>A total of <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024431" target="_blank" rel="noopener">220 members</a>, including 14 Republicans and 206 Democrats, voted against the proposal backed by Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA). Another 202 members, including 199 Republicans and three Democrats, voted in favor of  it. Two other GOP members voted &#8220;present.&#8221; Seven lawmakers did not vote.</p>
<p>The proposal included a continuing resolution (CR) through March 28 and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(SAVE) Act</a>, which aims to require that individuals show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in elections for federal office and pushes states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls.</p>
<p>House lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-all-house-dems-vote-against-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the SAVE Act in July with some bipartisan support, but it never got taken up by the Democrat-led Senate. Critics of the SAVE Act claim it is unnecessary and would create an undue burden on legitimate voters, but proponents argue it would go a long way toward shoring up election security.</p>
<p>Johnson released a <a href="https://mikejohnson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/save_act_white_paper.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> in June that warned of a National Voter Registration Act “loophole” in which states do not ask for proof of citizenship when registering an individual to vote in federal elections and cited evidence of non-citizens appearing on voter rolls in places such as Massachusetts, Ohio, and Virginia.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Congress has an immediate obligation to do two things: responsibly fund the federal government and ensure the security of our elections,&#8221; Johnson said this week, while also encouraging his colleagues to listen to the &#8220;overwhelming majority&#8221; of Americans who do not want non-citizens voting in U.S. elections.</p>
<p>Johnson scheduled a vote on the CR and SAVE Act for Wednesday after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-nixes-vote-on-spending-and-non-citizen-voting-crackdown-aims-to-build-consensus-amid-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulled</a> the proposal from the House floor last week when it appeared to lack enough support. The speaker said he was committed to &#8220;consensus building&#8221; through the weekend.</p>
<p>But some Republicans simply did not want to pass another CR. &#8220;Just in case it’s not clear already, I’m a HARD NO on today’s CR,&#8221; Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) <a href="https://x.com/RepRosendale/status/1836440655020626239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Wednesday. &#8220;The solution? Pass all 12 Appropriations bills.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-warns-politically-beyond-stupid-to-allow-shutdown-before-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: McConnell Warns: ‘Politically Beyond Stupid’ To Allow Shutdown Before Election</a></strong></p>
<p>Even if the proposal managed to pass the House, it faced long odds in the Senate, where Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-rejects-gop-proposal-to-link-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship-with-spending-measure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;We will not let poison pills or Republican extremism put funding for critical programs at risk.&#8221; And President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-ax-gop-proposal-tying-spending-to-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> a veto if the House GOP plan reached his desk.</p>
<p>Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, who is again running for the White House this year as the GOP nominee, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113160048992786010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Truth Social not long before the House vote on Wednesday that Republicans should &#8220;not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form&#8221; if they &#8220;don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lawmakers in the House and Senate are quickly running out of time to reach a deal to fund the various federal agencies for the coming fiscal year. A government shutdown could happen by the beginning of October — just weeks before a presidential election — if they fail to come to an agreement by the end of this month.</p>

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