Johnson’s plan to avoid government shutdown goes down in flames as Republicans rebel
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a partial government shutdown failed on Wednesday.
It was voted down 202 to 220, with two Republicans – Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky. – voting “present.”
At least nine Republicans voted against House GOP leadership’s bill, a six-month extension of the current year’s federal funding levels coupled with a measure to require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process.
Three Democrats voted in support of the measure – Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Don Davis, D-N.C.
The bill began hemorrhaging support soon after Johnson rolled it out during a conference call with House Republicans earlier this month – to the frustration of the majority of the House GOP.
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is pictured in front of the U.S. Capitol. (Getty Images/AP)
A significant number of Republicans object to a stop-gap spending patch called a continuing resolution (CR) on principle – believing it to be an unnecessary extension of government bloat.
National security hawks expressed concern about the impact of a six-month funding extension on military readiness without added funds to keep up with
