Posted 2/28/2024, 2:00:00 PM
Government Shutdown Risks Rise Over Policy Disputes in Republican-Led House
- Another government shutdown looms due to dysfunction in the Republican-controlled House under Speaker Mike Johnson
- The far right is making extreme demands around abortion, guns, and food stamps that are holding up funding bills
- Funding for Ukraine, the border, Israel, Taiwan and Gaza is dead after Republicans walked away from a negotiated deal
- It's unclear if Johnson will stand up to Trump, who wants funding bills to fail to hurt Biden, or lose his speakership
- Johnson keeps kicking the can down the road with short-term funding patches instead of bringing bills to a vote that could pass with Democratic support