Full list of Republicans who voted against Mike Johnson's funding bill

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a stopgap bill sponsored by House Speaker Mike Johnson, with more than a dozen Republicans defying House leadership and voting against the measure.

The budget continuation (CR) authorization bill would have extended current state funding levels for another six months and funded the government through March 25 – lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The package also included the controversial SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide personal proof of citizenship when registering to vote in a federal election.

The CR was defeated by a vote of 202 to 220, with 14 Republicans voting against it. Three Democrats voted for the spending package. Johnson told reporters after the vote that he was “disappointed” the measure did not pass, but he would look for a way forward.

“We will design a new game and find a solution,” the spokesman said, according to a copy of his remarks to reporters who were News week. “I am already talking to colleagues about their many ideas. We have time to clear up the situation and we will start immediately.”

Below is a list of Republicans who opposed the interim bill.

• Jim Banks, Indiana
• Andy Biggs, Alabama
• Lauren Boebert, Colorado
• Tim Burchett, Tennessee
• Elijah Crane, Arizona
• Matt Gaetz, Florida
• Wesley Hunt, Texas
• Doug Lamborn, Colorado
• Nancy Mace, South Carolina
• Cory Mills, Florida
• Mike Rogers, Alabama
• Matt Rosendale, Montana
• W. Gregory Steube, Florida
• Beth Van Duyne, Texas

Several conservatives had sharply criticized Johnson earlier this week for pushing forward the CR, including Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who said in the House of Representatives on Wednesday that the bill was “disingenuous and frivolous.”

“Your bill does NOT fund the government responsibly,” Massie wrote to X, formerly of Twitter, in response to a post by Johnson. “It's 12 bills rolled into a single bill that continues the wasteful spending that is ruining our country. The fact that you added a 13th bill does not make it a serious solution. Please stop insulting our constituents.”

Georgia House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a prominent Trump ally, also sharply criticized the CR in a post to X. She wrote on Tuesday that the bill was “a classic bait and switch tactic that will enrage the voting base just a month before the election when they realize they have been duped and disappointed once again.”

Both Massie and Greene voted “present” on Wednesday.

Johnson had accused Senate Democrats of failing to introduce spending measures and instead putting House Republicans “in this situation.” Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, has also been pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to introduce a full-year budget bill. Collins told the chamber on Wednesday: “It doesn't have to be this way.”

“The Senate is not doing its job,” Collins added. “We should be reviewing these bills, not engaging in sham votes.”

Former President Donald Trump had instructed Republicans in Congress to support the CR only if it included the SAVE Act. Before Wednesday's vote, he wrote on his Truth Social, “If Republicans don't pass the SAVE Act and every bit of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way.” Republicans have been pushing for the voter ID law for months, while Trump and his allies continue to stoke concerns about voter fraud in the upcoming November election. Studies have shown that cases of voter fraud are extremely rare in the United States.

Trump also baselessly claimed in his post that Democrats are “registering tens of thousands of illegal voters” to vote in November. There is no evidence to support such claims, although a Scripps News/Ipsos poll released Wednesday found that more than half of Americans (51 percent) are concerned about “noncitizens voting illegally” in the 2024 election.

It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. However, federal law does not prevent states from granting noncitizens the right to vote at the state and local level. California, Maryland, and Vermont have passed laws granting noncitizens the right to vote in some or all local elections.

Nearly all Democrats in the House voted against the SAVE Act when it passed in July. Opponents of the measure argue that it would impose an extreme burden on American citizens who wish to vote in federal elections.

Hannah Muldavin, chief spokesperson for the DNC, blamed Trump’s comments on the failed CR law in a statement she shared with Newsweek On Wednesday, he said the former president “now demands that Republicans in the House put his political interests above those of the American people and shut down the government if Republicans don't get their way.”

“Republicans in the House have once again reminded the American people of the chaos that awaits them when Donald Trump, JD Vance and the Republicans are in charge,” Muldavin added.

Update 9/18/24, 8:19 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with additional comment from House Speaker Mike Johnson.