The House Freedom Caucus’s gamble on a short-term government funding proposal could galvanize its base to expand the Republicans’ congressional majority and reelect former President Donald Trump this fall. 

The caucus has attached the SAVE Act, a bill that prevents noncitizens from voting in federal elections, to a short-term spending proposal that would fund the government until the next president is inaugurated. The conservative group hopes that as the lower chamber reconvenes, the Republican conference, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), will support its continuing resolution that avoids a lame-duck omnibus bill.