The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Friday on a resolution aimed at avoiding a temporary government shutdown just a day before the end of federal funding.
According to the US Axios website, the speaker of the US House of Representatives did not succeed in passing the law, which is considered a failure to prevent a government shutdown and constitutes a setback for Kevin McCarthy, during his attempt to make a deal with the Senate on a temporary bill.
The bill, dubbed the continuing resolution, failed by a vote of 198 to 232 after 21 Republicans voted with Democrats against it. Most of the Republicans who rejected the bill are right-wingers.
The measure would have kept the government funded for 30 days while cutting funding by 30% for all agencies except the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs.
Kevin McCarthy’s last-minute plan to temporarily keep the government open collapsed, as the hard-right rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.
McCarthy’s right-wing Republicans refused to support the bill despite the sharp spending cuts of almost 30% for many agencies and strict provisions on border security, calling them insufficient. The White House and Democrats rejected the Republican approach, calling it too extreme.
According to The Associated Press, the failure to vote on the bill a day before the deadline for funding the government, on Saturday, left few options to prevent a shutdown that will lead to furloughs of federal workers, keep the military working without pay and disrupt programs and services for millions of Americans.
