Far-Right Reps Tank Last Ditch Spending Bill Attempt

The New York Times reports:

Hard-line conservatives on Friday tanked Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s long-shot bid to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown, in an extraordinary display of defiance that made it all but certain that Congress would miss a midnight deadline on Saturday to keep federal funding flowing.

It appeared clear even before the vote that the stopgap bill was all but certain to fail, as several hard-right Republicans had declared that they would not back a temporary spending bill under any circumstances. Mr. McCarthy, bracing for political blowback for a government closure, had scheduled it anyway in hopes of showing he was trying to avoid the crisis.

But the decision by right-wing lawmakers to effectively blow up one final effort by Mr. McCarthy to give the appearance of trying to head off a shutdown dealt the speaker a stinging defeat, and left politically vulnerable Republicans fuming.

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21 House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting No against the GOP’s 30-day temporary spending bill funding the government until October 31st to avert a government shutdown tomorrow at midnight. Bill was defeated in the House 198-232. pic.twitter.com/BcBTjSQAiQ

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) September 29, 2023