GOP Pushing U.S. Towards Government Shutdown

Hard-right House Republicans, including Matt Gaetz, Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna, Eli Crane, Andy Ogles, Matt Rosendale, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Wesley Hunt, and Cory Mills, are opposing a temporary measure to fund the government, driving the U.S. toward a government shutdown. Speaker Kevin McCarthy is struggling to build Republican support for a stopgap funding bill that would keep the government open, as at least 10 hard-right lawmakers have declared they will not vote for any stopgap measure. McCarthy's simplest escape hatch to avoid a shutdown is effectively closed off, and turning to Democrats for help would put his speakership at risk. House Republicans are instead working to appease the hard right by adding conservative amendments to spending bills, making their passage even more difficult.