GOP hardliners in the House are eager to play a game of chicken over the endofthemonth deadline to fund federal agencies seeking to force the White House and Senate to make a choice Accept a slew of conservative priorities or risk a debilitating government shutdown . Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged his colleagues to back a shortterm spending deal to avoid an October shutdown and instead focus their energy on the larger funding fight later in the fall . McCarthy argued if they spend too much time squabbling among themselves theyll end up getting jammed by senators in both parties and forced to accept higher spending levels than theyd like . McCarthy’s allies say the hardliners are playing with fire . McCarthy has tried to get conservative hardliners on board on their energy is to channel their energy to channel on other matters such as immigration and other issues like border security and immigration issues . The two sides are hundreds of billions of dollars apart after McCarthy backed away from a previous deal he cut with the White house and later agreed to pursue deeper cuts demanded by his rightflank . But if he works with Democrats to circumvent his farright McCarthy risks enraging the very members who have threatened to push for a vote to oust him from the speakership this summer but then dialed back their threat when it became clear there wasnt much support when it was clear there were no such a move . The White House wants to tie the shortterm funding bill to more aid to Ukraine . McCarthy also wants to pass a short term funding bill . The House will consider an endoftoftheMarch deadline to pass the bill to avoid the bill and to avoid a shutdown. The two chambers have little time to deal with Democrats. The House and senators from both parties have little room to resolve major differences to resolve .
Congress poised for messy September as McCarthy races to avoid government shutdown . McCarthy: Congress poised
