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McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for House plan that averts a shutdown

Headline from ABC 30 Fresno, from the development of Sep 29, 2023

Newest development Sep 30, 2023 · 4 reportsDemocrats Join McCarthy In Celebrating Budget Stopgap—And Taunting MAGA Wing

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday.

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  1. McCarthy confronts key decisions as Congress hurtles toward government shutdown

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  2. McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

    Headline from WPRI Providence ·

  3. Names this update

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for House plan that averts a shutdown

    Headline from ABC 30 Fresno ·

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    Democrats Join McCarthy In Celebrating Budget Stopgap—And Taunting MAGA Wing

    Headline from Forbes ·

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Reports & sources

98 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    McCarthy works through weekend but no progress on short-term fix with just one week until shutdown (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday he still lacks support from a handful of GOP hardliners to put a Republican stopgap measure on the floor next week, making a government shutdown likely with just one week until the deadline.

  2. Politico

    Kevin McCarthy’s Catch-22 on the shutdown (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    If he pursues the hard-right approach, it’s DOA in the Senate, and a shutdown is inevitable. If he passes a bipartisan CR to fund the government, his speakership is imperiled.

  3. Local News 8

    McCarthy confronts key decisions as Congress hurtles toward government shutdown (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — With six days until the government runs out of money, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a choice to make: Does he risk a shutdown to keep his job or does he cross his Republican hardliners by working with Democrats? It’s a defining moment th…

  4. Fox News

    McCarthy signals House could soon vote on short-term spending bill to avert shutdown (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he'd bring a short-term funding bill to the floor this week in order to keep the government open past Sept. 30.

  5. CBS 8 San Diego

    House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown (opens CBS 8 San Diego)

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    CBS 8 San Diego's feed description

    McCarthy had few answers for how he planned to pass a partisan budget plan that even some in his own party are already rejecting.

  6. Voice of America

    Senate Pushes Ahead to Avert Shutdown as House Speaker McCarthy Returns to Square One (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    McCarthy asks hard-right Republicans to approve their own temporary House measure to keep government open

  7. Anchorage Daily News

    House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one in effort to prevent government shutdown (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The Senate is charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government, but the Republican-led House is slogging through its own longshot effort.

  8. Washington Times

    As Senate pushes ahead to avert a government shutdown, House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one - asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the government open.

  9. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Senate pushes ahead to avert federal shutdown; McCarthy reboots (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    WASHINGTON >> As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the governmen…

  10. News West 9

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown (opens News West 9)

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    News West 9's feed description

    Congress is at a crossroads days before a disruptive federal shutdown.

  11. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill, scrambles for House plan to avert shutdown (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    WASHINGTON >> A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in today, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans’ struggle to unite around an alternative.

  12. CBS News

    McCarthy vows to move forward with House bill to avert shutdown despite GOP holdouts (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    "Does that mean you just don't want to govern?" House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said of GOP holdouts who are against passing a short-term measure to keep the government open.

  13. Portland Press Herald

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for House plan that averts shutdown (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The Senate is working toward passage of a bipartisan measure that would fund the government until Nov. 17 as longer-term negotiations continue, while also providing $6 billion for Ukraine and $6 billion for U.S. disaster relief.

  14. The Garden Island

    Senate pushes to avert a federal shutdown (opens The Garden Island)

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    The Garden Island's feed description

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the gove…

  15. Hawaiitribune Herald

    House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    WASHINGTON — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the government…

  16. Fortune

    House Speaker McCarthy is as far as ever from bill to avert a federal shutdown as Senate wraps up its bipartisan solution (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The Republican speaker laid out his strategy Wednesday behind closed doors, urging his unruly Republican majority to work together.

  17. Gopusa

    House Advances 4 Spending Bills as McCarthy Vows Funding Stopgap to Avert Shutdown (opens Gopusa)

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    Gopusa's feed description

    The House of Representatives passed a procedural vote allowing consideration of four spending bills totaling nearly $1.1 trillion, which marks a significant step toward the completion of the appropriations process just five days before the end of the fiscal year. Moments after the Sept. 26 vote, Mr.

  18. The Guardian

    US shutdown moves ever closer as McCarthy digs in over stopgap deal (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Republican House speaker says he will not take up Senate bill to keep government running despite his party’s lack of an alternative

  19. WHDH Boston

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep

  20. Washington Times

    Speaker McCarthy dares House Republicans to vote for a government shutdown (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made border security a central feature of his stopgap funding bill to keep the government open and is daring conservative holdouts to vote against it.

  21. CNN

    McCarthy doesn't have the votes to stop a shutdown (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Congress remained on track Friday morning to trigger a government shutdown this weekend, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appears to lack the votes to pass a GOP stopgap bill to extend government funding.

  22. ABC 30 Fresno

    McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for House plan that averts a shutdown (opens ABC 30 Fresno)

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    ABC 30 Fresno's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday.

  23. Fox7 Austin

    Kevin McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for House plan to avert shutdown (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    Congress is at a crossroads days before a disruptive federal shutdown. It would halt paychecks for millions of federal workers, including 2 million active-duty military troops and reservists, and close many federal offices.

  24. Alaska Public Media

    House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming (opens Alaska Public Media)

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    Alaska Public Media's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through Nov. 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.

  25. Fox News

    Here are the 21 House Republicans who voted no on McCarthy's stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    21 GOP members of Congress voted against a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown which is slated to begin this weekend if a deal isn't reached.

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