Republican leaders were hoping to pass the combination of spending cuts and border controls to show they were working to forestall a shutdown and pressure the Senate, but the bill’s prospects looked grim.
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McCarthy to Push Pentagon Measure in Effort to Break G.O.P. Spending Impasse
The speaker’s decision to hold a vote on the stalled legislation was a bid to pressure far-right Republicans to drop demands for steeper cuts — or risk public ire for voting against military funding.
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Facing a Shutdown, Congress Melts Down
Bands of Republicans in the House and the Senate have brought the spending debate to a screeching halt with a shutdown just days away.
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McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
The House speaker abandoned efforts to move forward on a normally bipartisan military spending bill as far-right Republicans balked at the funding level, after pleading with his party to avert a shutdown.
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McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
The House speaker abandoned efforts to move forward on a normally bipartisan military spending bill as far-right Republicans balked at the funding level, after pleading with his party to avert a shutdown.