Senators also are at work in a rare weekend session.
On the brink of a US federal government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced a dramatic pivot, 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.
Across the Capitol, the Senate was opening a rare weekend session and hoping to advance its own stopgap plan, but with money for Ukraine. “A bipartisan, a bicameral solution is the only way forward,” said Representative Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. She and other Democrats decried cutting Ukraine aid.
They are almost certain to quickly file a motion to try to remove Mr McCarthy from that office, though it is not at all certain there would be enough votes to topple the speaker. Meanwhile, the Senate was marching ahead on its package with support from both Democrats and Republicans. 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.
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