Speaker Johnson's Shutdown Plan in Peril as GOP Opposition Grows

Internal GOP divisions and White House veto threats jeopardize the SAVE Act and government funding proposal.

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.