Immigrant voting bill threatens government shut down

With five weeks until government funding lapses, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConell is worried that House conservatives’ demand to add a bill trying to crack down on non-citizens voting in federal elections could complicated passing a continuing resolution to keep the government open,

Axios’ Stef Kight and Juliegrace Brufke report

. The issue has become a rallying cry on the right amid widespread election fraud lies and concerns about immigration. But the bill will never pass a Democratic-led Senate, and McConnell’s team is trying to get Republicans to let it go for fear of sparking a government shutdown, which is barely a month away.