The two men are at sharp odds as McCarthy is rejecting the deal McConnell cut with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and still trying to rely on House GOP votes to bolster his negotiating position . A number of Senate Republicans and Democrats alike are alarmed that McCarthy is pushing a plan that appears unlikely to pass his own chamber and has no chance of becoming law . The divide is just the latest example of how McCarthy and McConnell have splintered over tactics including as of late with McConnell uneasy about the push toward a potential impeachment of President Joe Biden and as hes eager to move away from former President Donald Trump all as McCarthy greenlit a Biden impeachment inquiry and has embraced former president Donald Trump . The split was also on full display last week when McConnell and Schumer publicly appeared together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Capitol while McCarthy opted not to . McCarthy said he would not put the Senate bill on the House floor on Wednesday morning . The House Speaker said he will not put it on the Senate budget bill on his own . McCarthy has been trying to round up partisan votes for a partisan plan that would extend at lower spending levels at lower levels . The bill includes no money for border security or a bill that includes no funding for the Ukraine disaster relief or a border security . The Senate bill includes an additional $1.5 billion for disaster relief . McCarthy is trying to negotiate a deal with the House. The bill also includes an extra $2.2 billion for Ukraine. The House has no money to extend its own budget. McCarthy has said he has said that the bill. McCarthy said that he would be willing to negotiate for a bill. The Speaker has said it. The speaker has said the bill . The speaker said he is not willing to give
McConnell and McCarthy split deepens as GOP divide prompts shutdown fears . McConnell, McCarthy split
