Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new temporary government funding proposal on Sunday that includes significant changes from the original bill he introduced earlier this month, going against former President Donald Trump’s wishes and making some concessions to Democrats.

The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not contain any elements of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by Trump that would require voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote.

In a letter to his colleagues on Sunday, Johnson said the “very narrow, limited to essentials” proposal would “include only those extensions that are absolutely necessary” to avoid a government shutdown.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress have eight days to reach an agreement on government funding. If no resolution is reached, the government will partially shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 1, just over a month before the November elections that will put party control of the White House and Congress at stake.

“While this is not the solution any of us would prefer, it is the most sensible course of action in the current circumstances,” Johnson wrote in the letter. “As history teaches and recent polls confirm, it would be an act of political misconduct to shut down the government less than 40 days before a fateful election.”

According to Republican staff in the House, the new bill is likely to be introduced in the House by Wednesday.

The three-month budget also includes $231 million for the Secret Service, in response to increasing pressure on the agency for more funding following what appears to be another assassination attempt on Trump last Sunday.

The previous version of Johnson’s bill would have funded the government through March 2025, meaning the funding level for the incoming president and Congress would already be set. The bill was also tied to the SAVE Act.

Trump favored this version of the budget resolution. Earlier this month, he wrote on Truth Social that if Republicans did not receive “absolute assurances about election security,” they should not hesitate to shut down the government.

But the six-month interim funding bill, combined with the SAVE Act, had little traction in the House Republican caucus. Some GOP members opposed any idea of ​​temporary funding for the government. Others objected to the specific funding allocations that would have been locked in for six months if the bill had been passed.

Because Johnson had only a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, he could only afford to lose four Republican votes to get the bill passed in his own house.

“As we have missed the finish line a little, an alternative plan is now required,” Johnson wrote in the letter to his colleagues on Sunday.

The Democrats also announced that they would vote against the six-month bill in conjunction with the SAVE Act, meaning that the proposal would have been doomed to failure in the Senate, where the Democrats have a majority.

By repealing the SAVE Act and introducing a three-month bill, Johnson’s new funding proposal reflects significant compromises with Democrats.

Both President Joe Biden and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had advocated a shorter-term proposal without any corresponding bills so that the newly elected governing body could start with a blank slate in January.

Schumer welcomed the changes made by the Speaker of the House.

“We really have some good news now,” Schumer said at a press conference on Sunday, noting that a government shutdown could likely be avoided.

“After the Republicans’ MAGA bill failed, it is clear that only a bipartisan budget bill can keep the government running,” he added. “That red-hot red knot that MAGA tied around Republicans has come undone.”

Johnson’s concessions to Democrats could affect his role as House speaker. His predecessor, former Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, was the first House speaker to be removed from office after reaching an agreement with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown in October 2023.