Conservative holdouts are giving up their opposition to reopening the government thanks to an intervention from President Donald Trump, who promised Republicans a path to passing legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The House is set to vote on Tuesday on a procedural, party-line motion to advance a five-bill appropriations package and a 10-day continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security, among other bills.
Conservative rebels initially demanded that the package also include the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. This came after Trump said “NO CHANGES” should be made to the funding deal in order to end the partial shutdown, which began at midnight on Saturday.
Lawmakers, like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), had initially said they were a “hard
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