The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year

The U.S. House, including 14 Republicans, voted down a six-month GOP government funding plan Wednesday, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tries to avert a shutdown at the end of the month.

The proposal would have linked temporary funding with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins

Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with reporters hours before a vote on a government funding bill that is being coupled with a measure requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.