McCarthy Considers Relying on Democratic Votes

House Republicans will meet this morning to discuss a short term funding resolution that would extending current funding with disaster aid, CNN reports.

It would need the help of Democrats to pass, which is something Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hard-right has told him not to do.

Politico: “McCarthy’s shift in strategy comes less than 24 hours before a shutdown that’s set to begin at midnight Sunday. And it comes with significant political risk for the Californian, who’s facing threats to try to strip him of his gavel.”