GOP lawmakers wrestle with emergency Secret Service funding amid government shutdown fight

House Republicans are toying with the idea of attaching additional U.S. Secret Service (USSS) funds to a short-term spending patch aimed at avoiding an Oct. 1 partial government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is teeing up a vote Wednesday evening on his plan to avert a shutdown, a six-month spending patch called a continuing resolution (CR), which is being paired with a measure to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.

It’s likely to fail, given significant GOP opposition to any kind of CR and Democrats’ opposition to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Multiple House Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital Wednesday signaled they are bracing for a CR with no conservative policies attached, which would only go through December — the position taken by the Senate Democratic majority.

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Congress has focused scrutiny on the Secret Service amid two failed assassination attempts against former President Trump. (Getty Images)

Several GOP lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital also suggested that pairing some kind of additional funds for USSS could also get widespread support, particularly after the recent assassination attempts against former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee.

Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif.,

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