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Mike Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with reporters as he departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol. Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP

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The House will vote later this evening on a short-term measure to fund the government through after the midterms.

As with other GOP proposals on the table this week, the continuing resolution’s details put Democrats between a rock and a hard place on messaging: It’s technically free of policy riders, but many will likely block it over “unchecked” immigration enforcement funding language.