McCarthy Plan to Avert Shutdown Dealt Twin Blows From Hardliners
- Oct. 1 US shutdown risk is high as Congress impasse deepens
- Senate Democrats prepared to reject McCarthy border bill
Kevin McCarthy.
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Republican hardliners on Tuesday dealt House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plans to avert an Oct. 1 US government shutdown twin blows, further ratcheting up the risk of a disruptive federal funding lapse.
Amid backlash from his right flank, McCarthy abruptly canceled plans to advance a short-term spending bill that would fund the government for 31 days while changing US immigration rules and cutting domestic agencies by 8%.