• House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters and his leadership team that he planned to discuss options with former President Donald Trump, who has called for Republicans to shut the government down unless the funding package includes their SAVE Act.
• The SAVE Act would make it more difficult to register to vote by requiring physical documents attesting to U.S. citizenship, potentially disenfranchising millions of eligible voters, Democrats say.
• The funding deadline is at the end of the month, but a House vote on a shorter-term funding patch reportedly could come next week.

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