<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ZsAMg_0vSvipbY00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ZsAMg_0vSvipbY00" width="1024" height="683" > House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks on his phone while walking back to his office in the U.S. Capitol building in this photo from Nov. 13, 2023. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind the plan that included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The spending bill was released by House Republicans last week in the heat of a presidential campaign in which immigration is a central focus. But it had no chance of becoming law amid opposition from Democrats, a cool response from many GOP senators and a veto threat from the Biden administration. A number of House GOP lawmakers had also come out against the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9494/text" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> legislation </a> . Pulling the bill leaves Congress with less than three weeks to come up with a plan to fund government – for the next year or for a short-term to allow more time to negotiate – before the current federal budget expires on Oct. 1, when a goverment shutdown could occur if no spending plan is in place. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, told reporters that lawmakers plan to work through the weekend to find a path forward on the stopgap spending bill as well as language that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “No vote today because we are in the consensus-building business here in Congress; with a small majority, that’s what you do,” he said. “We’re having thoughtful conversations, family conversations within the Republican Conference and I believe we’ll get there.” Johnson said Congress has “two primary obligations right now.” One is funding the government ahead of the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, thereby avoiding a shutdown. He said the other is addressing concerns about the possibility that people who are not citizens could vote in the November election, even though that is already illegal. “We’re going to continue to work on this. The whip is going to do the hard work and build consensus. We’re going to work through the weekend on that,” Johnson told reporters. “And I want any member of Congress, in either party, to explain to the American people why we should not ensure that only U.S. citizens are voting in U.S. elections.” <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump <a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-urges-shutdown-unless-congress-passes-bill-requiring-id-register-vote" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> posted on social media </a> Tuesday that Republicans should not vote for any short-term spending measure without the sidecar voter ID bill attached. Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, called for a bipartisan negotiation after news broke of Johnson pulling the vote. </div></body>

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House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from a floor vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to coalesce behind a plan that included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections.