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Washington mdash; The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson s plan to keep the government funded on Wednesday, with a small group of Republicans joi stanley cup spain ning most Democrats to oppose the measure and sending lawmakers scrambling for a backup plan with less than two weeks until a possible government shutdown.The legislation, which would fund the government through March 28, 2025, fell short by a vote of 202 in favor to 220 opposed. Fourteen Republicans joined all but three Democrats to oppose the bill, which also included a measure aimed at targeting the practice of illegal voting that Democrats view as a nonstarter.The voting portion of the legislation, known as the SAVE Act, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The House passed the measure earlier this year. stanley thermos mug The play that we ran tonight was the right play, Johnson said after the vote, while expressing disappointment that the bill didn t pass. So now we go back to the playbook, draw up another play and we ll come up with a solution. Although it s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, Johnson has argued that there s no federal mechanism to enforce it. Former President Donald Trump weighed in ahead of the vote on Wednesday, encouraging Republicans only to back a continuing resol stanley mugs ution if the voting measure is attached mdash; and suggesting that they let the government shutdown if not. If Republicans don t get the SAVE Act, Lipm Democratic Convention s Third Night Speakers Announced
Updated at 4:28 p.m. ET AP WASHINGTON - Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court s conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Obama s historic health care overhaul stanley canada .Arguments at the high court focused on whether the mandate for virtually every American to have insurance is a step beyond what our cases allow, in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy. But Kennedy, who is often the swing vote on cases that divide the justices along ideological lines, also said he recognized the magnitude of the nation s health care problem and seemed to suggest that it would require a comprehensive solution.Special S stanley fr ection: Health CareOutside Supreme Court, a battle for attentionCould health care law survive without mandate He and Chief Justice John Roberts emerged as the seemingly pivotal votes in the court s decision, due in June in the midst of a presidential election campaign that has focused in part on the new law. Republican candidates are strongly opposed.Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appeared likely to join with Justice Clarence Thomas to vote to strike down the key provision of the overhaul. The four Democratic appointees seemed ready to vote to uphold it.The congressional requirement to buy health care insurance is the linchpin of stanley hrnek the law s aim to get medical insurance to an additional 30 million people, at a reasonable cost to private insurer
Washington mdash; The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson s plan to keep the government funded on Wednesday, with a small group of Republicans joi stanley cup spain ning most Democrats to oppose the measure and sending lawmakers scrambling for a backup plan with less than two weeks until a possible government shutdown.The legislation, which would fund the government through March 28, 2025, fell short by a vote of 202 in favor to 220 opposed. Fourteen Republicans joined all but three Democrats to oppose the bill, which also included a measure aimed at targeting the practice of illegal voting that Democrats view as a nonstarter.The voting portion of the legislation, known as the SAVE Act, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The House passed the measure earlier this year. stanley thermos mug The play that we ran tonight was the right play, Johnson said after the vote, while expressing disappointment that the bill didn t pass. So now we go back to the playbook, draw up another play and we ll come up with a solution. Although it s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, Johnson has argued that there s no federal mechanism to enforce it. Former President Donald Trump weighed in ahead of the vote on Wednesday, encouraging Republicans only to back a continuing resol stanley mugs ution if the voting measure is attached mdash; and suggesting that they let the government shutdown if not. If Republicans don t get the SAVE Act, Lipm Democratic Convention s Third Night Speakers Announced
Updated at 4:28 p.m. ET AP WASHINGTON - Sharp questioning by the Supreme Court s conservative justices cast serious doubt Tuesday on the survival of the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Obama s historic health care overhaul stanley canada .Arguments at the high court focused on whether the mandate for virtually every American to have insurance is a step beyond what our cases allow, in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy. But Kennedy, who is often the swing vote on cases that divide the justices along ideological lines, also said he recognized the magnitude of the nation s health care problem and seemed to suggest that it would require a comprehensive solution.Special S stanley fr ection: Health CareOutside Supreme Court, a battle for attentionCould health care law survive without mandate He and Chief Justice John Roberts emerged as the seemingly pivotal votes in the court s decision, due in June in the midst of a presidential election campaign that has focused in part on the new law. Republican candidates are strongly opposed.Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appeared likely to join with Justice Clarence Thomas to vote to strike down the key provision of the overhaul. The four Democratic appointees seemed ready to vote to uphold it.The congressional requirement to buy health care insurance is the linchpin of stanley hrnek the law s aim to get medical insurance to an additional 30 million people, at a reasonable cost to private insurer
