Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House has “a long way to go” until the September 30th deadline to avoid government shutdown.
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With the House no closer to avoiding a potential government shutdown in less than two weeks, two key factions of House Republicans have crafted a short-term, stopgap measure called a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government through Oct. 31.
The bill, sponsored by members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and the more moderate Main Street Caucus, would impose an 8% spending cut on federal agencies, but that doesn’t include national defense budget, the Department of Veterans Affairs and amounts designated for disaster relief.
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