House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose any short term funding bill to avoid a shutdown. He's trying to muscle through a partisan stopgap bill with border security.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. talks to reporters following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. talks to reporters following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
But that stopgap measure is a nonstarter in the Senate, and right now it's not even clear House Republicans can even get it across the finish line later this week. Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack said he and other McCarthy allies want to keep the government open, but emphasized that in any short-term spending bill,"there's gotta be something in it for us as well, and what we really want and what we have been begging for is the ability to get better control of our southern border."The top Senate Republican, Sen.
The No. 3 Senate GOP leader, Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, said Senate Republicans would work on amendments to address the increase in migration and issues related to illegal drugs. He told reporters the American people"deserve a government that is open and a border that is closed."West Virginia Sen.
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