.SpeakerMcCarthy may have patched up his relationship with the FreedomCaucus, but a pledge he made to get there has him at odds with the Senate Democrats he needs to avoid a government shutdown.
Until Tuesday, the House had been in a weeklong standstill after a dozen conservatives revolted over a deal McCarthy struck with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling. The speaker had promised to roll next year's spending back to 2022 levels but only secured modest cuts in the agreement.
But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer signaled on Tuesday that House Republicans will have a difficult time extracting additional concessions as lawmakers craft their annual budgets. Only 17 Republicans joined most Democrats in getting the bill through the upper chamber. But first, Senate leadership had to agree to a side deal to plus-up defense as part of an aid supplemental for Ukraine.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell downplayed the conflict in a Tuesday press conference, telling reporters,"At the end, we'll have to work it out. But it's not totally uncommon for these to be different as they move through the process, and I think that's what's probably going to happen this time."
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