House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open has collapsed. But Friday’s vote a day before the deadline makes a government shutdown almost certain. The White House and Democrats have called the Republican package with its steep spending cuts of up to 30% too extreme. The bill also included severe border security provisions demanded by the hard-right flank. The bill would have kept government operations open through Oct. 31. The Senate is working on its own bipartisan plan that is widely supported by both parties to continue funding at current levels. The Senate plan is headed for votes this weekend.
Asked if he had the votes, McCarthy quipped, “We'll see.”
The federal government is heading straight into a shutdown after midnight Saturday that would leave 2 million military troops without pay, furlough federal workers and disrupt government services and programs that Americans rely on from coast to coast. Congress has been unable to fund the agencies or pass a temporary bill to keep offices open.
“Extreme House Republicans are now tripling down on their demands to eviscerate programs millions of hardworking families count on,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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