The vote failed, with Republicans striking down their own bill to keep the government open.

The bill going down 202-220 is another blow for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.

The government is set to run out of money in less than two weeks.

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We ran the play, Johnson said after the bill failed.

It was the best play.

It was the right one.

And so now we go back to the playbook.

Well draw up another play and well come up with a solution.

@SpeakerJohnson(R-LA): “We ran the play.

It was the best play.

It was the right one.

And so now we go back to the playbook.

We’ll draw up another play and we’ll come up with a solution.

Packaging the two pieces of legislation together is a doomed endeavor.

Only American Citizens should be voting in our Most Important Election in History, or any Election!

There is no evidence that voters areregistering illegally en masseahead of Novembers election.

But defending the integrity of the election has never been the point.