Main Topic: Congress likely to pass a short-term government funding bill to avoid a shutdown this fall.
Key Points:
1. Speaker Kevin McCarthy believes a short-term funding bill is necessary due to lack of time for a full-year funding deal.
2. The length of the stopgap bill and policy terms still need to be agreed upon by congressional leaders.
3. The House and Senate are moving in different directions on appropriations, with the House seeking spending cuts and conservative policy provisions, while the Senate aims for bipartisan support and avoids controversial provisions.
The White House is pressuring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to approve aid for Ukraine and disaster relief funding ahead of a government funding showdown, calling on him to keep his word about government funding and address urgent bipartisan priorities.
House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, faces the tough choice of either risking a government shutdown or alienating the hard-right flank of his party, which could lead to the loss of his speakership, as the House must pass a spending package to keep the federal government open before the end of the fiscal year on September 30th.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing a leadership challenge as he navigates a government funding battle between House Republican hard-liners opposing Ukraine aid and threatening a government shutdown, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who supports Ukraine aid and opposes a shutdown.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's power and chances of keeping his gavel are at risk as House Republicans face the deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown, complicated by some Republicans' desire to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
House GOP leadership's spending standoff with conservatives intensified as Speaker Kevin McCarthy was forced to delay a procedural vote on legislation to fund the Pentagon, despite opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden in an attempt to appease conservative demands on spending.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized the House GOP stopgap funding proposal for not including funding for Ukraine and accused Republicans of ignoring bipartisan solutions to keep the government open.
Senate Republican leaders, including Mitch McConnell, are growing increasingly concerned that Speaker Kevin McCarthy's inability to pass spending legislation may lead to a government shutdown and have warned that shutdowns are politically detrimental for Republicans.
House Republicans are facing opposition from right-wing members as they try to pass a funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, including funding for Ukraine, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called "an insult to Ukraine and a gift to Putin."
Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to remove $300 million in funding for Ukraine from a Pentagon spending bill after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other conservatives blocked the legislation from advancing.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reversing his plan to remove Ukraine aid from a military spending bill as Republicans struggle to find a way forward on funding the government.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has decided to keep Ukraine aid in spending bills, leading Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to be a "hard no" on the bills due to the inclusion of Ukraine funding.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pressuring Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avoid a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding bill in the Senate and urging McCarthy to bring it to the House for a vote.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is attempting to advance spending cuts that are unlikely to become law, potentially leading to a partial government shutdown, as some members of the party threaten to depose House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if he does not support steeper cuts.
Lawmakers are facing a tight deadline to reach an agreement on a budget resolution to avoid a government shutdown as spending laws are set to expire on September 30. House Republicans, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, are struggling to unite the GOP caucus and secure enough votes for a deal, while Democratic support would come with political consequences. Failure to reach an agreement would result in paused paychecks for federal employees and disruption of government services.
Senators from both parties are debating whether to include new military aid for Ukraine in a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, with some Republicans concerned about complicating Speaker Kevin McCarthy's attempts to resolve the spending logjam.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has rejected a bipartisan Senate stopgap measure that funds the government and provides aid to Ukraine, citing the lack of border security measures.
The House and Senate are moving forward with their own government funding plans, with the Senate unveiling a bipartisan measure that extends funding through Nov. 17 and provides money for Ukraine and disaster relief, while House Republicans advanced four GOP-crafted full-year spending bills that will not prevent a shutdown.
President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients is preparing for a government shutdown and states that a meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is unnecessary as funding the government is the responsibility of House Republicans.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has suggested passing a "clean" continuing resolution without Ukraine aid as a possible solution to avert a shutdown, but it is uncertain if such a measure will be put to a vote, as Republicans are still exploring other possibilities within their own party.
As Speaker Kevin McCarthy resists scheduling a House vote on a spending bill, President Joe Biden's aides believe that any government shutdown will be blamed on McCarthy and his fellow Republicans rather than the White House, according to officials.
House Republicans are in a funding standoff that may lead to a government shutdown, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposing a stopgap funding bill and facing threats from within his own party.
The House and Senate passed a stopgap spending bill that averted a government shutdown, but did not include funding for Ukraine or GOP provisions on border security, leading to winners such as Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Ukraine aid opponents, as well as losers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz and fiscal conservatives.
The recent removal of Kevin McCarthy as the speaker of the House highlights the dysfunction and chaos within the House Republican Party, ultimately hindering bipartisan dealmaking and responsible governance, which is particularly concerning for Ukraine and its need for funding in the face of regional tensions.
A group of GOP representatives wrote a letter expressing their disapproval of the ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, stating that it goes against the will of the majority of Republicans and calling for a review of the rules changes made earlier this year; meanwhile, House Republicans are scrambling to elect a new speaker and pass spending bills before government funding runs out.
The chaos in the House resulting from the demise of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership poses both political opportunities and threats to President Biden's agenda, including aid to Ukraine.
Despite being voted out by his own caucus, Republican Kevin McCarthy is open to retaking the position of Speaker of the House if asked, while his fellow Republicans contemplate their next move amidst the international crisis in Israel.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are under pressure from the ongoing war in the Middle East and the possibility of another government shutdown as they work to select a successor to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan emerging as the main candidates.
Summary: Amidst the chaotic race to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives, there is a possibility for bipartisan cooperation and the election of Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker, with the support of a few Republican representatives, to break the deadlock and restore functionality to Congress.
Republicans in the House of Representatives, particularly the hard-right faction influenced by former President Donald Trump's isolationist approach, are increasingly opposed to funding Ukraine, complicating the search for a new House speaker and jeopardizing future aid packages, which could have deadly consequences for Ukraine in its conflict against Russia.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says some moderate Republicans are considering a bipartisan solution for the speaker of the House, while GOP representative Mike Turner suggests a deal may have to be done with Democrats if Republicans can't unite, placing blame on Kevin McCarthy's firing for seeking bipartisan solutions; however, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is cut off when she tries to shift blame to President Biden for the chaos amongst House Republicans.
House Republicans' decision to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy with a small number of votes will be seen as a bipartisan failure, according to Rep. Larry Bucshon, causing concern about America's ability to function and appear strong on the global stage.
House Republicans who voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker are urging their colleagues to elect Rep. Jim Jordan as speaker and are willing to accept punishment, though one member was mistakenly included in the offer.
