Government shutdown feud over citizenship voting bill tests GOP leadership

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How top congressional Republicans navigate an intraparty feud over a proof-of-citizenship voting bill and a looming government shutdown could make or break their future in leadership. 

GOP lawmakers and congressional sources told the Washington Examiner that Republican members will be watching closely who among their leaders fights to attach a bill requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration to a stopgap spending measure to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown. 

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