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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Speaker Mike Johnson floats a plan to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown when

the fiscal year ends September 30.

But after getting push back from his colleagues, the

speaker cancels a vote that was scheduled Wednesday saying he will work through

the weekend to build consensus. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member Kate Batchelder

Odell. It's that time again in Washington 19 days until

government funding runs out and non-essential operations grind to a halt. The

plan proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson had been a continuing resolution

to continue the current funding levels through March,

attached to a bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the Save Act,

which would require voters nationwide to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Let's listen to a clip of Speaker Johnson at a press conference on Tuesday,

arguing that the Save Act is needed on this bill.

I am in this to win this.

I believe, as I just told you this is a conviction I feel

deep in my heart I've been a co-sponsor of the Save Act from the beginning and I think

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