House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday pulled a vote on a stopgap funding bill after GOP support for the legislation collapsed, CNN reported.
"No vote today because we're in the consensus-building business here in Congress with small majorities," Johnson told reporters hours before the scheduled vote on the bill. "We are having thoughtful conversations, family conversations within the Republican conference, and I believe we will get there."
Johnson faced pushback over his plan to attach an election integrity measure to the continuing resolution, which would have funded the federal government for six months past an Oct. 1 partial shutdown deadline.
Johnson has a razor-thin GOP majority in the House and could only afford to lose four Republicans if every House member votes.
Former President Donald Trump has said that if Republicans don't receive "absolute assurances" on election security, they should not pass a funding extension.
"If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don't get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday.
Johnson said in announcing that the vote would be pulled: "I want any member of Congress in either party to explain to the American people why we should not ensure that only U.S. citizens are voting in U.S. elections … It's the most pressing issue right now, and we're going to get this job done."
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