Johnson rallies House GOP on shutdown fight

• Leadership told GOP lawmakers on a call Wednesday that they plan to whip the legislation Monday, with Johnson adding that the intention was "vote on this early next week," according to a source with knowledge of the exchange.
• In addition to hardline GOP House members, former President Trump has pushed for the non-citizen voting measure, known as the SAVE Act, to be added to the spending bill.
• The clock is ticking; The House has just 13 scheduled session days before Sept. 30, when funding would lapse.

The intrigue: Moderates, in particular, are allergic to even a whiff of a possible shutdown.

• "How long do we take this?," Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) questioned on the call, according to one lawmaker familiar with her remarks, adding, "Are we going to take this to a shutdown?"

• Another lawmaker told Axios: "Our base says shut it down. But for practical folks... a shutdown is bad. Very bad."
• "We can't shut down," another lawmaker said.

Reality check: Neither party's leadership wants a shutdown five weeks out from the election, so the issue is likely to ultimately get resolved.

• The main dispute will likely end up being over the length of the stopgap measure, with Senate Democrats eyeing December instead of March.