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House Republicans still have not landed on a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown with just two days until the deadline.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy aims to bring a stopgap spending bill filled with conservative priorities to the floor by the end of the week in a move to give lawmakers more time to work on spending bills.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he doesn't "see the support" for the recently unveiled Senate stopgap bill. He made the comment after leaving a conference meeting with House Republicans.

"I think its reasonable for us to get at least one thing through negotiations," Republican Senator J.D. Vance told Newsweek.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday doubled down on demands that Democrats accept border security as part of a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown this weekend.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said his cancer treatment has been effective in attacking the ailment, letting him return to work in a crucial week for House leadership.

White House officials are sounding the alarms that a House GOP plan to avert a government shutdown would be a boon for drug cartels.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's motto for avoiding a partial government shutdown is "bipartisanship," and he believed that the Senate's stopgap bill could pass through a divided House.

 

We're on track to meet, if not exceed, last fiscal year's record of 2.4 million encounters