"Does that mean you just don't want to govern?" House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said of GOP holdouts who are against passing a short-term measure to keep the government open.
Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would bring up a Republican stopgap measure for a vote on Friday ahead of a looming government shutdown, though it appears he still lacks enough support among his own GOP members to pass it before funding runs out Saturday night.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, McCarthy said he confident it would pass the House, a tall order given apparent opposition from a group of hard-right Republicans and all Democrats.
McCarthy also addressed concerns that the GOP bill would be dead on arrival in the Senate, which is advancing its own continuing resolution, adding that the House version might be able to garner support from Democrats.
With Republicans’ narrow majority in the House and Democrats united in opposition, McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes to pass any bill.
He noted that a far-right contingent who held up advancing the annual appropriations bills needed to fund the government are also against a stopgap measure.
House Republicans are also working to advance four bills to fund the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, State and Agriculture for another year, which have no chance of passing in the Senate.
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Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would bring up a Republican stopgap measure for a vote on Friday ahead of a looming government shutdown, though it appears he still lacks enough support among his own GOP members to pass it before funding runs out Saturday night.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, McCarthy said he confident it would pass the House, a tall order given apparent opposition from a group of hard-right Republicans and all Democrats.
McCarthy also addressed concerns that the GOP bill would be dead on arrival in the Senate, which is advancing its own continuing resolution, adding that the House version might be able to garner support from Democrats.
With Republicans’ narrow majority in the House and Democrats united in opposition, McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes to pass any bill.
He noted that a far-right contingent who held up advancing the annual appropriations bills needed to fund the government are also against a stopgap measure.
House Republicans are also working to advance four bills to fund the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, State and Agriculture for another year, which have no chance of passing in the Senate.
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