House lawmakers are debating how to fund the government after Speaker Mike Johnson revealed his plan on Wednesday, which attaches the proof-of-citizenship voting bill SAVE Act. 

His proposal is not being met with unanimous support among some Republicans, particularly those facing tough reelection bids in toss-up districts, who feel a clean resolution might be the only way to avoid a government shutdown — a crucial move to defend Republican seats in Democratic-leaning districts.

In order for a clean continuing resolution to win approval by both houses of Congress, the Senate may insist on no policy riders attached.

The proposal to delay a government spending deal until next year comes as Johnson has faced pressure from those on his right flank to “use our leverage” to ensure Democrats cannot use Biden’s final months in a lame-duck period to push through a massive spending bill that advances the party’s agenda in hopes that former President Donald Trump wins the November presidential election. Read Full Story

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We cannot be sure what the Founding Fathers would say about the current state of our republic. However, we do know what one of them famously said about it then. A Philadelphia socialite named Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin a question that resonates more than ever: “Well, doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”

“A republic — if we can keep it,” was Franklin’s reply. The “we” Franklin was referring to is now us. We are in danger of flushing it all away with far too many voters continuing to flirt with the left’s inexorable march toward a Soviet-style nightmare we might not be able to wake up from. No one is coming to save us from the left, from Harris, from Trump, from the media, or whatever your bogeyman is. These are not the problems. The problem is us. 

At some point the electorate must save itself or we will lose the republic. Read Full Story

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The House Freedom Caucus adopted an official position calling for a continuing resolution extending government funding past the Sept. 30 deadline and until early 2025 with the intention of avoiding an end-of-year omnibus that could be favorable to Democrats.

The caucus also calls for pairing a stopgap measure with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act that the House passed in June, expanding proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections and imposing voter roll purge requirements on states. Read Full Story

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