John­son’s plan to avoid gov­ern­ment shut­down goes down in flames as Repub­li­cans rebel

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<div>Johnson's plan to avoid government shutdown goes down in flames as Republicans rebel</div>

House Speak­er Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a par­tial gov­ern­ment shut­down failed on Wednes­day. It was vot­ed down 202 to 220, with two Repub­li­cans – Reps. Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene, R‑Ga., and Thomas Massie, R‑Ky. – vot­ing “present.“At least nine Repub­li­cans vot­ed against House GOP leadership’s bill, a six-month exten­sion of the cur­rent year’s fed­er­al fund­ing lev­els cou­pled with a mea­sure to require proof of cit­i­zen­ship in the vot­er reg­is­tra­tion process.Three Democ­rats vot­ed in sup­port of the mea­sure – Reps. Jared Gold­en, D‑Maine, Marie Glue­senkamp Perez, D‑Wash., and Don Davis, …