House Republicans will make another attempt to resolve their impasse on spending bills Tuesday, while one GOP lawmaker joined the ranks of those opposing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s effort to prevent a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, has announced that she won’t support a stopgap bill that would extend the spending budget deadline beyond Saturday, the end of the fiscal year.
But former President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans to shut down the government unless they get everything they asked for in the short-term spending bill, arguing that President Biden would be the one to take the blame if the government closes. In June, the two chambers signed the agreement to raise the debt ceiling, suspending the debt limit until 2025. The agreement was made after a standoff between the two parties because Republicans refused to raise the limit unless Democrats agreed to cut spending.
“I think bring these four [appropriations bills] together with the other ones we passed,” Mr. McCarthy said. “That would be 72% of the discretionary spending … already passed.”
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