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.
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.
House GOP leaders are considering avoiding a government shutdown by approving a short-term continuing resolution instead of a massive bill to fund the Pentagon, as they face demands from hardliners for deeper spending cuts and specific funding levels.
Lawmakers in Congress are facing a potential government shutdown at the end of the month, with the possibility of a shutdown becoming increasingly inevitable due to the lack of progress in negotiations and disputes between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, hardliners in his party, and the US Senate.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his allies are pushing for a short-term spending plan that includes conservative priorities, but it remains uncertain if it can pass the House and avert a government shutdown.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to pass a stopgap measure and prevent a government shutdown is facing opposition from the far-right flank of his Republican House majority, despite including hardline border security provisions.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warns that government shutdowns are a political liability for the Republican Party and supports Speaker McCarthy's efforts to avoid a government shutdown.
President Joe Biden's administration is taking a wait-and-see approach to the potential government shutdown, confident that they can pressure House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to stick to the spending deal they struck in May rather than trying to create a new bipartisan bill.
Hard-right Republicans are pushing for a disruptive federal shutdown as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest funding plan fails, leaving no endgame in sight and resulting in the White House telling federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown.
Congress is facing a high probability of a government shutdown as a group of Republican members refuse to cooperate, leading to criticism of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's inability to control his own caucus and reach a deal with Democrats.
Despite lawmakers' efforts to avert a government shutdown, the country is headed for a shutdown due to the ongoing conflict between conservative hardliners and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with some lawmakers resigning themselves to the prospect.
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.
Senate leaders are expected to unveil a short-term government funding stopgap measure that will be clean and not contain significant amounts of money for the war in Ukraine or disaster relief, aiming to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week.
As a government shutdown looms, lawmakers are scrambling to avoid it despite an earlier agreement between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden that was intended to prevent this outcome.
The House and Senate are holding crucial votes to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the week, with disagreements between lawmakers over spending bills causing a divide, particularly among House Republicans.
Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached an agreement on a stopgap spending plan to prevent a government shutdown, but it faces resistance in the Republican-led House due to opposition to aid for Ukraine and maintaining federal funding at current levels.
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 top Republicans in the House and Senate are at odds over how to avoid a government shutdown, with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blaming the Republican-led House and emphasizing the importance of keeping the government open to address critical issues.
The Democratic-controlled Senate plans a procedural vote on a short-term spending measure to avoid a government shutdown, which Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has rejected due to disagreements over spending levels and immigration policies.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insists that he will not take up Senate legislation to prevent a government shutdown, as Congress remains divided on funding and time runs out before midnight on Saturday.
The House of Representatives failed to pass a stopgap funding bill, leading to a potential government shutdown, with 21 Republican members of Congress voting against it.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's bill to fund the government for a month has failed, leading to a potential government shutdown, as a small group of House Republicans seek to make McCarthy look bad and attempt to overthrow him.
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.
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill into law to avert a government shutdown, preventing a crisis that would have affected millions of Americans, while criticizing House Republicans for the last-minute scramble.
Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, with the final vote in the Senate being 88 to 9, and the bill will keep the government funded through November 17.
Lawmakers avoided a government shutdown by passing a 47-day stopgap funding measure, but will need to find a solution by November 17th to prevent a Thanksgiving shutdown, while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces threats to his position and potential removal from Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Republican senators are concerned about the sudden collapse of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's career in leadership and fear that it will lead to a government shutdown, putting pressure on finding a successor who can avoid such a scenario.
House Republicans are facing a leadership crisis and are unable to pass legislation to fund the government, potentially leading to a shutdown, due to the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Republican House speaker nominee Jim Jordan has proposed passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown, utilizing automatic cuts as leverage over Democrats, although some Republicans are skeptical of the plan.
The Senate has rejected an amendment aimed at preventing future government shutdowns by establishing a permanent stopgap spending measure if Congress fails to complete its appropriations work.
