His initial strategy to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month is expected to fail and deal House Republicans an embarrassing blow. Due to their paper-thin majority, Republicans can afford only a handful of GOP defections on the vote, and many more than that have publicly voiced their opposition.

But the party’s standard bearer, Donald Trump, has called on Johnson and Republicans to shut down the government if they can’t link a funding bill to the SAVE Act, which would overhaul voting laws to require people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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    7 days ago

    A non-elected person is directing the house to shut down the government or make it harder for people who won’t vote for him to vote.

    How is this not sediation or treason of a non official citizen…?

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      We are so far past treason for a lot of r’s. Who is going to take them down, the people that were put in power by those same traitors?