House Republicans on Friday night rolled out their stopgap bill to extend current government funding rates into the first quarter of next year, including GOP-drafted legislation aimed at purging noncitizens from voter rolls that will alienate Democrats and require party unity to get through the chamber.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., listed the stopgap measure on his floor schedule for the upcoming week. The Rules Committee is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. Monday to consider the bill, which would create a new deadline of March 28 to head off a partial government shutdown. The current deadline is Sept. 30.
While senators are expected to make changes to the package, Speaker Mike Johnson is teeing up the combo bill to draw a contrast with Democrats on an issue Republicans believe they have a political edge on.
