It's a move that could keep government open but most certainly risks his job as speaker.
The government heads toward a shutdown Saturday night that would disrupt many government services, squeeze federal employees and roil politics. ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze has the latest.On the brink of a federal government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a dramatic pivot Saturday, trying to push a 45-day funding bill through the House with Democratic help - a move that could keep government open but most certainly risks his job.
The sudden House action would fund government at current 2023 levels for 45 days and provide money for U.S. disaster relief. "If somebody wants to remove because I want to be the adult in the room, go ahead and try," McCarthy said of the threat to oust him. "But I think this country is too important."
"Congress has only one option to avoid a shutdown - bipartisanship," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The federal government is heading straight into a shutdown that poses grave uncertainty for federal workers in states all across America and the people who depend on them - from troops to border control agents to office workers, scientists and others.
The White House has brushed aside McCarthy's overtures to meet with President Joe Biden after the speaker walked away from the debt deal they brokered earlier this year that set budget levels.
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