House Republicans advance stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown

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House Republicans advance stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
by Mychael Schnell - 09/29/23 12:01 PM ET

House Republicans advanced a GOP-crafted stopgap bill Friday to avoid a government shutdown, clearing a key procedural hurdle even as some hard-line Republicans oppose the legislation.

The chamber voted 218-210 along party lines to kick off debate on the continuing resolution (CR) and tee up a final vote expected Friday afternoon.

The successful procedural vote marks an incremental win for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has worked to coalesce his conference around a short-term funding patch in order to increase the conference’s leverage in funding negotiations with Democrats in the Senate and the White House.

McCarthy, however, is not in the clear just yet as a number of conservatives line up against the bill.

At least eight House Republicans have said they are against or leaning against the stopgap bill, with some saying they will not support a continuing resolution under any circumstances. With Democrats opposed to the legislation, McCarthy can only afford to lose a handful of Republicans in the slim GOP majority.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4230069-house-republicans-advance-stopgap-bill-despite-gop-opposition/

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Rand Paul
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Today I’ve again offered a compromise to keep the government open by allowing a clean CR that removes funds for the Ukrainian government.
3:05 PM · Sep 29, 2023

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Rep. Chip Roy Press Office
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 "Due to the failure of this God forsaken town to address either its spending addiction or the manmade crisis at our southern border, a partial federal shutdown now seems inevitable..." 
"Therefore I will be instructing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House to withhold my pay until an appropriations agreement is reached." -Rep. Roy