Inside McCarthy’s New Plan to Avoid a Shutdown

“Ready for this one? Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to avert a looming government shutdown is to begin passing individual appropriations bills next week and then go to conference with the Senate,” Punchbowl News reports.

“When the House returns Monday, there will be just 12 days left until the federal government shuts down. McCarthy has passed one spending bill and has pulled the plug on two others already. The idea that he’s going to pass another 10 – or even five measures – and then go into negotiations with a Senate that could clear all of its bills with huge bipartisan majorities is a bit fantastical.”