McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters outside his office. Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running. “It’s clear President Biden and Speaker McCarthy want a government shutdown, so that’s what Congress will do after we return in September. “We think that we can work together to meet the needs of our country and the urgent needs that we’ve put forward.” Along with deeper spending reductions, House Freedom Caucus members have also pushed to tie the government’s budget to conservative policy priorities on immigration and security at the U.S. border with Mexico, as well as at the Department of Justice. Rep. David Joyce, who sits on the Appropriations Committee and oversees its subcommittee on Homeland Security, said in a statement: “Republicans must come together to advance these bills because we cannot risk a government shutdown.
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