McCarthy wonders WTF to do as Congress hurtles toward government shutdown [View all]
McCarthy confronts key decisions as Congress hurtles toward government shutdown
With six days until the government runs out of money, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a choice to make: Does he risk a shutdown to keep his job or does he cross his Republican hardliners by working with Democrats?
Its a defining moment that has been months in the making. To build favor with his detractors, McCarthy is allowing Republicans to move forward with voting on a series of appropriations bills this week, even though they will be dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
But time is running out and Republicans have failed to rally around a short-term option. And the promises McCarthy made in January when he bowed to hardliners to get his speakers gavel are finally coming home to roost.
This is the third major fight of the Congress: opening week, debt ceiling and now government funding, said GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, one of McCarthys trusted allies who helped negotiate the bipartisan debt ceiling deal. This was always going to be a battle.
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