Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is leading a push to get the SAVE Act attached to any government spending deal that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hashes out in the upper chamber. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images; Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images )
She declined to say how many House GOP lawmakers supported her effort but said, "It's definitely a number that's big enough to completely halt all floor proceedings."
"There's some Republicans that are just straight-up coming out saying, 'We're going to basically be with Luna, and we will not be voting for any piece of legislation, specifically on these appropriations, that does not include the SAVE Act because of the fact that we know it's not going to survive in the Senate,'" Luna said.
Rep. William Timmons, R-N.C., who is also backing the effort, told Fox News Digital, "If the Democrats can play this game and shut the government down yet again, I think that we need to hold their feet to the fire."
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"The American people want us to do our job. Government shutdowns are terrible, and so if [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] is going to shut the government down, I think it's appropriate to…say this is your shutdown, and here's the way to reopen," Timmons said.
The push could cause complications in the House, which is expected to consider the Senate's federal funding compromise early next week.
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Luna would only need a small group of Republicans to tank the rule, which could extend the partial shutdown that's already expected to happen beginning Feb. 1.
House GOP leaders could sidestep the rule vote altogether, however, by putting the bill up under suspension — a mechanism for fast-tracking legislation in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds.
"I don't think that they would do that. I mean, that would be really problematic for them," Luna said.
But if successful, the bill would have to be sent back to the Senate for another vote.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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