Speaker McCarthy Says Federal Government Shutdown Isn't Inevitable
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on CNBC Thursday the House won't approve a continuing resolution from the Senate, in part because it doesn’t address border security. “I think we could work through the weekend and I think we could…
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figure this out,” he said. McCarthy held out hope the government won’t close at midnight Saturday. “We’re going to get this done,” he said. He acknowledged that reaching an agreement won’t be easy. “I’ve got challenges [in] our conference,” he said: “I’ve got members who will not vote to have a stopgap measure to continue to fund the government. I’ve got members who say they’ll never vote for an omnibus [bill]. Well, if you won’t do any of that, it’s hard to govern.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., filed cloture Sept. 28 on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), the shell bill for the chamber's continuing resolution that would avert a federal government shutdown and extend appropriations until Nov 17. The Senate voted 76-22 earlier that day on a motion to proceed to the CR.