Schumer to ‘step in’ with stopgap spending bill after Johnson’s failed funding strategy

Published September 19, 2024 11:42am ET



Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday will tee up a stopgap spending bill for a vote next week in a last-minute bid to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown.

The legislative move comes the day after the Republican-led House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) proposal to extend current funding levels into the next presidential administration that included a Republican proof-of-citizenship voter registration bill dubbed the SAVE Act.

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