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The Freedom Caucus said its members won’t vote to keep the lights on unless they get concessions on border security, the Department of Justice and the Pentagon.

The House Freedom Caucus released a letter Monday morning warning they won’t back a short-term spending bill that funds the government at last year’s levels unless they get major concessions that have no chance of passing the Senate, highlighting a major problem for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

House Conservatives spoke out against McCarthys plan to avoid a government shutdown next month.

The House Freedom Caucus said it will withhold support for a continuing resolution, which could be the only way to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, unless several conservative policy items are attached to it.

The House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers, says it will only support spending bills that address border security.

The Freedom Caucus said its members won’t vote to keep the lights on unless they get concessions on border security, the Justice Department and the Pentagon.

And preparations for the first GOP debate reach a crescendo.

The House Freedom Caucus shook Washington out of its summer doldrums Monday as it issued a list of demands for negotiators planning what could be a difficult short-term budget agreement in September. The group of roughly three dozen far-right Republicans announced they will oppose a continuing resolution, or CR, to extend funding for the federal government when the fiscal year ends on September 30 unless their demands are met. Congressional leaders have recently said they hope to pass a CR befor

Demands include Congress addressing the ‘unprecedented weaponisation of the Justice Department and the FBI’

Although Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he expects to pass a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, House Republicans are split on how they feel about passing the stopgap measure, setting the stage for another internal fight when lawmakers return from the August recess.