House Republicans Set Course for Government Shutdown Over Spending Cuts
- House Republicans plan to pass spending bills that cut $120 billion from levels agreed to in the recent debt ceiling deal.
- The cuts are unacceptable to Democrats and most Senate Republicans, raising the prospects of a government shutdown.
- The Senate plans to pass spending bills at the levels agreed to in the debt ceiling deal, setting up a showdown with the House.
- Kevin McCarthy faces dissent within his own caucus as far-right members demand even deeper spending cuts than he agreed to with President Biden.
- With less than 8 weeks until the end of the fiscal year, lawmakers have little time to negotiate and pass compromise legislation to fund the government.
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