House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a temporary agreement that would keep the government funded until Dec. 20.
The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president.
It would include “only the extensions that are absolutely necessary” to avoid a government shutdown, Johnson said in a letter to House Republicans.
“While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent pass forward under the present circumstances,” he wrote. “As history has taught and current polling affirms, shutting the government less than 40 days from a fateful election would be an act of political malpractice.”
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