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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post, setting into motion a process that propels Republicans into a tough decision: Support McCarthy or vote to boot him? At least four Republicans are joining Gaetz in backing McCarthy’s ouster — potentially enough to remove…

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has won over many of those who opposed his speakership in January, despite a motion from Rep. Matt Gaetz to oust him.

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of Texas Republicans in the U.S. House opposed a stopgap measure to stave off a government shutdown for 45 days, defying Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whose last-minute proposal

The funding bill was a long shot, but far-right U.S. representatives said it didn’t go far enough in promoting their priorities, including border security and defunding investigations into Donald Trump.

The federal government is set to shut down just after midnight on Oct. 1, and lawmakers aren’t anywhere closer to renewing its funding for the next fiscal year, making a shutdown this weekend all the more likely.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday evening floated passing a “clean” continuing resolution without Ukraine aid, marking a clear shift in the possibilities he is willing to consider to avert — or end — a shutdown after being repeatedly undercut by his own party. The Speaker on Friday did not commit to putting such a…

Republicans in both the United States House and the U.S. Senate tried putting together packages on border security to appease enough conservatives to keep part of the federal government open and running.

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. senators huddled behind closed doors Thursday, attempting to draft an amendment to the short-term government funding bill that would increase spending on border security and make policy changes. The provision could help nudge U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to put the broadly bipartisan measure up for a vote in that chamber, though the California Republican has remained noncommittal.

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. senators huddled behind closed doors Thursday, attempting to draft an amendment to the short-term government funding bill that would increase spending on border security and make policy changes. The provision could help nudge U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to put the broadly bipartisan measure up for a vote in that chamber, though the California Republican has remained noncommittal.

The funding bill was a long shot, but far-right U.S. representatives said it didn’t go far enough in promoting their priorities, including border security and defunding investigations into Donald Trump.