First, there are conservatives who oppose short-term spending bills on principle and are unconvinced by the citizenship add on. Plus, some defense-hawks are worried the six-month stopgap bill would have a negative impact on the Pentagon, after defense officials said as much over the weekend.

This story has been updated to reflect that Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) does not believe the House’s work on the stopgap funding measure will complicate getting a deal

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s government funding plan is already crumbling with enough Republicans opposed to the resolution to sink it, and more warning the speaker will have to abandon his initial proposal to keep the government open.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is on notice he might have to abort his government funding plan. Why it matters: Johnson has the most at stake if he quickly folds ahead of the Oct. 1 government funding deadline,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had a big plan to pass a spending bill that included a massive GOP priority: a provision gutting the National Voter Registration Act by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.

House Republicans rolled out an emergency funding plan Friday to address a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee,