Trump demanded a government shutdown over his silly noncitizen-voting bill, believing Democrats would be blamed. The Speaker chose not to comply.

The new plan to avert a government shutdown comes after the House rejected Speaker Johnson's opening gambit in the funding fight last week.

Speaker Mike Johnson has gone against Donald Trump and MAGA by dropping the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act from his proposal to fund the government. On Sunday, Johnson announced the short-term spending bill to keep the government funded until December 20 will not include the SAVE Act,