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Trump has called for shutting down the government if Republicans can’t convince Democrats to include the SAVE Act in a short-term spending bill.

Mike Johnson tells leadership he is talking to Trump on CR

Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republican leadership colleagues that he’s talking to former President Donald Trump about his call to shut down the federal government and what options GOP lawmakers have right now as the funding deadline approaches, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting.

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