House set to vote on package to end partial funding lapse

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What to cognize astir the partial authorities shutdown

The House is acceptable to ballot Tuesday connected a monolithic backing bundle arsenic lawmakers purpose to bring an extremity to the partial authorities shutdown aft funding lapsed for a bulk of the authorities connected Saturday.
The five-bill bundle funds the departments of Defense, State, Treasury and others, on with a two-week hold of backing for the Department of Homeland Security, which has been astatine the halfway of the impasse arsenic Democrats request reforms to however migration enforcement agencies similar ICE behaviour their operations.
The backing bundle cleared the House Rules Committee successful a ballot on enactment lines connected Monday night. House Speaker Mike Johnson volition look different important trial successful a party-line procedural ballot precocious Tuesday morning. He tin spend to suffer conscionable 1 Republican if each members are contiguous and voting.
Several conservatives demanded that authorities requiring impervious of citizenship to ballot successful national elections beryllium attached to the package. But President Trump weighed successful Monday, urging lawmakers to swiftly determination guardant with the bundle without changes.

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First ballot expected astir 11:15 a.m.

The procedural ballot to follow the rule, which governs debate, is expected to statesman astir 11:15 a.m. ET.

Once Republicans flooded the procedural vote, the House tin statesman an hr of statement connected the backing package, which is arsenic divided betwixt Republicans and Democrats.

A ballot connected last transition is expected aft 1 p.m.

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SAVE Act demands pushed speech — for now

Republican leaders appeared to successfully quell a propulsion by immoderate House conservatives to connect an elections-related measure known arsenic the SAVE Act to the backing bundle Monday, which threatened to stall the effort to reopen the government.

Conservatives person agelong rallied down the SAVE Act, which would necessitate Americans to amusement impervious of citizenship successful idiosyncratic to registry to ballot successful national elections. The measure passed the House successful April but hasn't been taken up successful the Senate.

The push, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, threatened transition of the backing package, since House GOP leaders tin lone spend to suffer a azygous ballot connected a party-line procedural ballot up of a ballot connected last passage.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Monday that attaching the authorities would doom the backing bundle successful the precocious chamber. Hours later, President Trump weighed successful connected Truth Social, urging lawmakers to enactment the backing statement and "send it to my table WITHOUT DELAY," portion noting that determination should beryllium "NO CHANGES astatine this time."

After a gathering astatine the White House, Luna and Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee told reporters aboriginal Monday that they volition ballot "yes" connected the procedural ballot to beforehand the backing package, portion pointing to assurances they said they received astir passing the measurement successful the Senate.

Whether and however the measurement moves guardant successful the precocious enclosure remains to beryllium seen.

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House Rules Committee tees up backing bundle for level vote

In an 8-4 ballot on enactment lines, the House Rules Committee precocious the backing bundle Monday night, teeing it up for a level ballot Tuesday.

Before last passage, Johnson volition look a important trial successful a procedural ballot that Republicans volition person to wide without immoderate Democratic support. Johnson is operating with a one-vote margin.