Republican Plan To Avert Shutdown Appears Dead on Arrival as Conservatives and Democrats Lambast Deal
With just a four-seat majority in the House, Republican leaders have seemingly already lost the fight.

The unveiling of a Republican plan to avert a government shutdown on October 1 has failed to move the ball even an inch for Speaker McCarthy and his leadership team, as more than a dozen conservatives and seemingly all Democrats have come out against the deal. This comes as both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate reach bipartisan consensus to further pressure the lower chamber.
During a conference call on Sunday evening, Mr. McCarthy detailed a short-term spending agreement, known as a continuing resolution, that had been brokered between two of the most significant caucuses within the House GOP — the Main Street Caucus and the Freedom Caucus, which combined include more than half of the House’s 222 Republicans.
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