GOP Hurtles Toward Shutdown With No Plan to Avoid It

  • Scalise hints at a vote while McCarthy says, ‘Interesting’
  • Republicans may lack votes for wall money despite Trump claim
Trump Tells Schumer, Pelosi He'll Shutdown the Government Over Border Security
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House Republican leaders sent their members home for a six-day break Thursday without revealing any plan to avoid a looming government shutdown.

In Paul Ryan’s waning days as House speaker, leaders are wavering about whether to try to pass a spending bill with the $5 billion President Donald Trump is demanding for his wall at the Mexican border. Senate Republicans also haven’t announced any plan to fund the government.