House Republicans unveil continuing resolution to fund government through March

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday unveiled a continuing resolution that would fund the government through the end of March, as the federal government heads towards a partial shutdown.

The resolution includes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which previously passed the House in July. The SAVE act requires voters to prove their citizenship in the United States in order to vote in federal elections.

Republicans have largely united around the voter ID legislation, but the inclusion of the SAVE act means the resolution is not as likely to pass the Senate, where Democrats have claimed the issue is a nonstarter because illegal immigrants are already not voting in federal elections.

“Today, House Republicans are taking a critically important step to keep the federal government funded and to secure our federal election process,” Johnson said in a statement after the bill went up, The Hill reported. “Congress has a responsibility to do both, and we must ensure that only American citizens can decide American elections.”

The continuing resolution is a stopgap effort to keep the government funding at largely the same level for the short term, without having to pass nine appropriation bills by Oct. 1. If passed, Congress would have until March 28 to pass the additional funding bills. 

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.