WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday defied former President Donald Trump by approving a government funding bill without a crackdown on the imaginary threat of widespread voter fraud.
The legislation will now head to the other side of the Capitol, where senators are expected to approve it Wednesday evening, averting a government shutdown at the end of the month.
Trump has openly advocated for a government shutdown if Republicans omitted the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, a bill that would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
“I would shut down the government in a heartbeat if they don’t get it and if they don’t get it in the bill,” Trump said last month.
Trump privately called on multiple House Republicans this week to push for new voting restrictions in the funding bill, multiple sources told The Hill on Wednesday. Adding such provisions to a funding bill would all but guarantee a shutdown, since…