Overview
- House Republicans propose the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote, as part of a plan to avert a government shutdown.
- Speaker Mike Johnson faces internal opposition from GOP members concerned about the political and practical impacts of the plan.
- At least six GOP lawmakers have publicly opposed the plan, more than enough to undermine its passage if Democrats uniformly reject it.
- Moderate and fiscal hawk Republicans express doubts about the strategy and its potential to fail.
- The White House has promised to veto the bill, and Senate Democrats plan to push a clean stopgap measure.