Trump calls for government shutdown over failure of Republicans to pass temporary funding measure with SAVE Act
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JOHNSON: ‘WE RAN THE RIGHT PLAY’: The vote by House Republicans to reject Rep. Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) hybrid six-month temporary funding measure, that included a proof-of-citizenship voting requirement has sent the speaker, who has a penchant for football analogies, back to the drawing board. “We came a little bit short of the goal line, so now we go back to the playbook. We’ll draw it up. We’re already hearing good ideas from our members, and we’ve got time to fix this, and we’ll get it done,” Johnson told Sean Hannity...
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