The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month, just weeks before the November election. The vote will likely fail . The bill ties the continued funding of the federal government to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), a piece of legislation that would make it harder for Americans to cast their ballots by requiring proof of citizenship when one registers to vote.
Packaging the two pieces of legislation together is a doomed endeavor. Still, Republicans in control of the lower chamber, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), are taking their marching orders from former President Donald Trump , who is demanding the government be shut down if the SAVE act doesn’t pass.
“If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “Democrats are registering Illegal Voters by the TENS OF THOUSANDS, as we speak – They will be voting in the 2024 Presidential Election, and they shouldn’t be allowed to,” Trump claimed. “Only American Citizens should be voting in our Most Important Election in History, or any Election!” Trump says Republicans should not agree to a continuing resolution — to keep the government funded — if it doesn't include the SAVE Act, which isn't going to ultimately pass and would require documentary proof of US citiz.