Rep. Chip Roy, who sponsored the SAVE Act, said that the stripped-down stopgap was “the natural outcome of the opposition” to Mr. Johnson’s original plan.
Mike Johnson relies on Democrats to pass shutdown stopgap bill broadly contested by Republicans
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He said Republicans who will now vote against this latest stopgap play who also voted against his preferred legislation were in a principled fight, but that he disagreed with their position.
House, Senate preparing short-term government funding bill for likely vote next week
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