McCarthy Scrambles to Fend Off Right Wing and Avoid Government Shutdown

Republican lieutenants of the speaker are pleading with holdouts to keep the government open before next weekend’s deadline for a shutdown.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
Speaker McCarthy, briefs reporters on Capitol Hill. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown.

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