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

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a stopgap bill sponsored by Speaker Mike Johnson after more than a dozen Republicans defied the chamber’s leadership and voted against the measure.

The Continuing Resolution (CR) bill would extend the current level of government funding for another six months, providing funding for the government through March 25 — lawmakers have until September 30 to pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The package also included the controversial SAVE Act, which would require voters to present proof of citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections.

The CR was rejected in a 202-220 vote, 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 failed to pass but that he would look for a way to fix the problem.

“We will write another play and find a solution,” the speaker said, according to a copy of his statement to reporters released Newsweek. “I’m already talking to my colleagues about their many ideas. We have time to fix the situation and we’ll get to it right away.”

Below is a list of Republicans who rejected the stopgap bill.

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

Several conservatives criticized Johnson for pushing CR earlier this week, including Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who told a House floor hearing Wednesday that the bill was “disingenuous and frivolous.”

“Your bill does NOT responsibly fund government,” Massie wrote to X, formerly of Twitter, in response to Johnson’s post. “It’s 12 bills rolled into one bill that continues the wasteful spending that is ruining our country. Just because you added a 13th bill to it doesn’t make it a serious solution. Please stop insulting our voters.”

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a prominent Trump ally, also slammed CR in a post on X on Tuesday, writing that the bill “is a classic bait-and-switch that will enrage the base, just one month before the election, when they learn they’ve been cheated and let down yet again.”

Both Massie and Greene voted present on Wednesday.

Johnson blamed Senate Democrats for failing to bring any spending measure to the floor, instead putting House Republicans “in this position.” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, also has been pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring a year-long funding bill to the floor. Collins told the chamber Wednesday: “It doesn’t have to be this way.”

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

Former President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans to support CR only if it includes the SAVE Act, writing on his Truth Social website before Wednesday’s vote: “If Republicans will not pass the SAVE Act and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a continuing resolution in any way, shape, or form.” Republicans have been pushing for voter ID legislation for months, as Trump and his allies continue to raise concerns about fraud in the upcoming November election. Studies have shown that cases of voter fraud are extremely rare in the United States.

Trump’s post also baselessly claimed 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) say they are concerned about “illegal aliens voting” in the 2024 election.

It is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections. However, federal law does not prohibit states from granting voting rights to non-citizens at the state and local levels, and California, Maryland, and Vermont have passed laws extending voting rights to non-citizens in some or all local elections.

Nearly all House Democrats voted against the SAVE Act when it was passed in July. Opponents argued that it would impose a huge burden on American citizens who want to vote in federal elections.

DNC senior spokeswoman Hannah Muldavin blamed Trump for comments about failed CR bill in a statement shared Newsweek Wednesday, saying the former president “is now demanding that the GOP House of Representatives put his political interests above the interests of the American people and shut down the government if Republicans don’t get their way.”

“House Republicans have once again reminded the American people of the chaos they can expect as Donald Trump, JD Vance and Republicans make their decisions,” Muldavin added.

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