house Speaker Mike Johnson Republican Louisiana had to postpone a house-wide vote on his plan to prevent a partial government shutdown on Wednesday this delay came after several GOP members abandoned the bill shortly after its introduction putting it in Jeopardy Johnson informed reporters that there would be no vote on The Proposal today the plan involved a short-term extension of this year's Government funding known as a continuing resolution along with a requirement for proof of citizenship ship during voter registration originally house leaders intended to hold the vote late on Wednesday afternoon however at least eight Republican lawmakers had already expressed their opposition earlier in the day conservative opponents on Johnson's right flank who generally oppose continuing resolutions criticized House GOP leaders for attempting to appease them with a bill that they believed would not become law some GOP members concerned about National Security were also hesitant about the Bill's impact act on defense funding and preferred a shorter spending patch until December to avoid a partial government shutdown House and Senate leaders must come to an agreement on Government funding by September 30th sources familiar with the discussions anticipate that Johnson will hold the vote next week as hinted at by the speaker himself Johnson emphasized the importance of securing elections and building consensus among members he challenged any member of Congress to justify to the American people why only US citizens should vote in US elections former president Donald Trump initially supported the six-month continuing resolution linked to the safeguarding American voter eligibility act however he later urged GOP lawmakers to vote against the resolution unless they were guaranteed a Crackdown on non-citizen voting representative Marjorie Taylor green Republican Georgia a Critic of Johnson and a strong Trump supporter suggested that Trump's message was directed at Johnson emphasized ing the need for the speaker to fight for the bill