House Freedom Caucus members Saturday defended Speaker Mike Johnson for having a proof of citizenship voting measure in his stopgap spending proposal and offered ways to blunt the pain of any potential government shutdown.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work was needed to build support for a measure, less than three weeks before a government shutdown deadline.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that the House would not proceed with a planned vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work is needed to build support for a measure, less than three weeks before a government shutdown deadline.