Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure [View all]
Source: The Hill
09/03/24 4:07 PM ET
Hard-line conservatives expect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will embrace their favored tactic by bringing a stopgap bill to the House floor next week that includes a proof-of-citizenship voting bill and would extend government funding into 2025. Such a move would not only grant a win to the House GOP’s conservative wing, but would tee up a showdown with the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, which both object to the voting bill. Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to prevent a shutdown.
Johnson’s office has not confirmed the funding plan, but Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) — a key member of the House Freedom Caucus who has been in discussions with leadership as he advocates for the strategy — is publicly expressing confidence about the next step.
“Mike Johnson appears ready and willing to do it, and that’s where we currently sit,” Roy said in an appearance Tuesday on the “War Room” podcast. “When we get back next week, I believe that Mike Johnson will put on the floor a continuing resolution into 2025,” Roy added.
The Freedom Caucus took an official position in August in support of attaching the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill led by Roy to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, to a continuing resolution (CR) that extends into 2025.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4860441-hard-line-conservatives-vote-bill/
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