House Adjourns For Weekend With No Shutdown Deal

Axios reports:

Congress is officially heading home for the weekend after conservative hardliners once again tanked plans to fund the government, forcing House GOP leaders to abandon their latest plan to avert a shutdown on Oct. 1.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has struggled for weeks to find a solution that can garner enough Republican support to pass on the floor. After momentary optimism following Wednesday night’s 2.5-hour conference meeting, the House GOP has again reverted to dysfunction.

Earlier Thursday, five GOP hardliners sank a vote to open debate on a Pentagon funding bill for the second time in three days — underscoring the depth of McCarthy’s crisis.

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NEW: Congress is officially heading home for the weekend after House GOP hardliners once again tanked plans to fund the government by the Oct. 1 deadline. https://t.co/LPVm1w2XP2

— Axios (@axios) September 21, 2023