After Speaker Mike Johnson’s government funding gambit fell apart on Wednesday, Republicans were quickly and quietly coalescing behind a new plan: the old plan, but less.
On the Democratic side, most of the consternation over Johnson’s funding package has been over including the SAVE Act — a proposal requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. But for some Republicans, the major problem with Johnson’s legislation was the timeframe — six months, pushing the next government funding deadline to March, when there will be a new president.
Democrats want a shorter extension, but so do many Republicans, reasoning that it’d be harmful to the military to keep the Pentagon at current levels for another half year.