House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged forward Monday into the biggest challenge of his eight months as the top Republican in Congress, as he tries to avoid a government shutdown in less than two weeks without losing his speakership.
WASHINGTON — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged forward on Monday into the biggest challenge of his eight months as the top Republican in Congress, as he tries to avoid aThe Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-led Senate have until Sept. 30 to avoid the fourth partial government shutdown in a decade by passing spending legislation that President Joe Biden can sign into law to keep federal agencies afloat.
"We should show the American public our ideas and be able to pass them," McCarthy added. "We're going to be rational, responsible and reasonable." McCarthy has vowed to move forward this week on an $886 billion fiscal 2024 defense appropriations bill, which stalled last week as hardliners withheld support to demand a top line fiscal 2024 spending level of $1.47 trillion — $120 billion less than what McCarthy and Biden agreed to in May. A vote on passage is expected on Wednesday.
The House Rules Committee voted 9-3 along party lines late on Monday to approve the CR for a vote on opening debate. But during the panel's 4½ hour meeting, opposition to the short-term measure appeared to grow.McCarthy can afford to lose no more than four Republican votes on the legislation. More than a dozen Republicans, including allies of former President Donald Trump, have announced their opposition to the continuing resolution.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters as he arrives for the day at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sept. 18. Neither bill is likely to win Democratic support and become law, even if it garnered enough Republican votes to pass the House.
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