House Republicans Grapple with Impending Shutdown Deadline

House Republicans are clashing over spending measures, leaving Washington with little progress towards funding the government and no plan to avert a shutdown next week. Speaker Mike Johnson, who is more conservative than his predecessor Kevin McCarthy, has failed to push through two spending bills due to lack of GOP support. The divisions among House Republicans have made their majority ungovernable, leading to the ouster of the previous speaker. Senate Democrats are urging Republicans to avoid hard-right proposals and poison pills that have no support from Democrats, while some hard-line conservatives are demanding deep cuts and conservative policy priorities attached to any stopgap spending bill. Speaker Johnson may have no choice but to seek Democratic support to pass a funding bill.