周三，众议院否决了议长迈克·约翰逊的政府拨款计划，14名共和党人投了反对票，另有两人出席投票。
这项措施以202-222-2的票数之差失败了。三名民主党人投票赞成该法案。
约翰逊在投票后表示，他“对没有通过感到失望”，但暗示会有“解决方案”来避免关闭。
“我们跑着玩。这是最好的剧本;这是正确的。所以现在我们回到剧本上。我们将起草另一个剧本，我们会想出一个解决办法，”约翰说。“我已经在和同事们讨论他们的许多想法。我们有时间解决这个问题，我们会马上着手解决。”
“保持联系，”他没有回答任何问题就结束了他的讲话。
约翰逊的措施将为政府提供六个月的资金，但也包括《拯救法案》(SAVE Act)，这是一项由共和党领导层和前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)支持的法案，要求个人提供美国公民身份的证明才能投票。民主党人表示，这项立法不会成功，并指出非公民在联邦选举中投票已经是非法的。
约翰逊上周试图通过拨款计划，但是从地板上拉下来的因为他没有足够的票数。
他的党团中的一些共和党人反对这项措施，因为他们说这将增加赤字，而国防鹰派表示他们不会投票赞成，因为六个月的延期会影响国防部的准备状态.
尽管如此，他还是坚持这项措施，没有谈论下一步该怎么做。国会需要在10月1日之前通过一项拨款措施，以避免政府关门。
特朗普公开呼吁共和党人，如果他们不通过拯救法案，就让政府关闭。他在自己的社交媒体平台上写道，如果他们“没有得到绝对的保证选举安全，他们不应该，以任何方式，塑造，或形式，继续进行预算决议。"
当被问及特朗普关于共和党人应该让资金在这种情况下失效的评论时，约翰逊回答说:“不，听着，特朗普总统和我已经就此谈了很多。我们与正在就该计划达成共识的同事讨论了很多。我们都认为选举安全现在是最重要的。”
就在周三投票之前，特朗普再次呼吁，如果《拯救法案》的“每一盎司”都没有与拨款措施挂钩，政府就必须关闭。
参议院少数党领袖、众议院共和党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)表示，在距离选举日只有七周的时候，允许政府关门是“政治上的愚蠢”。
“我想我们首先要等一等，看看房子会给我们带来什么。我对整个讨论的唯一观察是，你不能让政府关门，”麦康奈尔说。“我们在选举前这么做在政治上是愚蠢的，因为我们肯定会受到指责。”
民主党人敦促约翰逊放弃他的拨款计划，并向议会提出一项干净的短期措施，以保持政府开放。
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)上周告诉记者，唯一的前进道路是两党达成协议，不包括“极端”措施，如储蓄法案。
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默周一也敦促众议院通过一项干净的法案。
舒默说:“为了避免关门，我们在众议院的同事现在能做的最糟糕的事情就是在没有得到广泛两党支持的提案上浪费时间。”
House votes down Speaker Johnson's funding plan as shutdown deadline approaches
The House on Wednesday voted down Speaker Mike Johnson's government funding plan with 14 Republicans voting against it and two others voting present.
The measure failed by a 202-222-2 margin. Three Democrats voted for the bill.
Johnson said after the vote that he was "disappointed that it didn't pass," but suggested there would be a "solution" to avoid a shutdown.
“We ran the play. It was the best play; it was the right one. So now we go back to the playbook. We'll draw up another play, and we'll come up with a solution," John said. "I'm already talking to colleagues about their many ideas. We have time to fix the situation, and we'll get right to it."
“Stay posted,” he concluded his remarks without taking questions.
Johnson's measure would have funded the government for six months but also included the SAVE Act, a bill backed by GOP leadership and former President Donald Trump that would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. Democrats said the legislation is a non-starter, noting it is already illegal for non-citizens to cast a ballot in federal elections.
Johnson was set to try to pass the funding plan last week butpulled it from the floorbecause he didn't have the votes.
Some Republicans in his caucus opposed the measure because they say it would contribute to the deficit while defense hawks say they won't vote for it because the six-month extension wouldeffect the Department of Defense's readiness.
Still, he was dug in on the measure and wasn't talking about what the next steps would be. Congress needs to pass a funding measure before Oct. 1 to avoid a shutdown.
Trump openly called for Republicans to let the government close if they don't pass the SAVE Act. He wrote on his social media platform that if they "don't get absolute assurances onElectionSecurity, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET."
Asked about Trump's comments that Republicans should let funding lapse in such a scenario, Johnson responded “No, look, President Trump and I have talked a lot about this. We talked a lot about it with our colleagues who are building consensus on the plan. We all believe that election security is of preeminent importance right now."
Trump again, just before the vote on Wednesday, called for a government shutdown if "every ounce" of the SAVE Act isn't attached to a funding measure.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the chamber's top Republican, said it would be "politically beyond stupid" to allow a shutdown to take place with just seven weeks until Election Day.
"I think we first have to wait and see what the House sends us. My only observation about this whole discussion is the one thing you cannot have is a government shutdown," McConnell said. "It'd be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we'd get the blame."
Democrats urged Johnson to drop his funding plan and bring a clean short-term measure to the floor to keep the government open.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters last week that the only path forward is a bipartisan agreement that does not include “extreme” measures, such as the SAVE Act.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday also urged the House to pass a clean bill.
"In order to avoid a shutdown, the worst thing our colleagues in the House can do right now is waste time on proposals that don't have broad bipartisan support," Schumer said.
