House Republican leaders canceled planned votes for Friday after an internal GOP standoff over election legislation brought House business to a standstill, raising the possibility lawmakers could leave Washington for an extended recess without advancing additional bills.

House leaders notified members Thursday that Friday's votes had been scrapped after conservative Republicans continued threatening to block procedural votes because the Senate has not advanced the SAVE America Act, an elections measure strongly backed by President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers are now expected to depart Washington after a scheduled 1 p.m. vote Thursday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., set to meet later in the day with Trump in an effort to break the impasse and restore House floor action before Congress leaves for the Independence Day recess.

According to two people familiar with internal Republican discussions who spoke with Politico on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss private deliberations, the House could remain out of session until mid-July if Republican leaders fail to resolve the dispute — aligning the House schedule with the Senate's longer recess.

The confrontation centers on the SAVE America Act, which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections and impose additional voting restrictions. The House has already approved the legislation, but it remains stalled in the Senate, where Republican leaders have acknowledged they do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democrat filibuster.

The legislative standoff has highlighted growing divisions within the Republican Party over strategy, even as Republicans control both chambers of Congress.

Trump has intensified pressure on congressional Republicans in recent days, including canceling a planned White House signing ceremony Wednesday for the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act, until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.

"Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled [sic] until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The House approved the housing legislation this week with broad bipartisan support after it previously cleared the Senate. Under the Constitution, a bill can become law without the president's signature if no action is taken within 10 days while Congress remains in session.

Hard-line House conservatives have responded to the Senate's inaction by threatening to block procedural rule votes, effectively preventing the House from considering unrelated legislation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has said Republican leaders do not currently have enough votes to move the elections bill through the Senate because of the chamber's 60-vote threshold for most legislation.

Johnson's meeting with Trump is viewed by Republican leaders as a critical effort to determine whether the House can resume normal legislative business before lawmakers leave Washington for the holiday recess.