House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.
McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient.
The White House and Democrats rejected the Republican approach as too extreme. The vote was 198-232, with 21 hard-right Republicans voting to sink the package. The Democrats voted against it.
If these Republicans could just do their fucking jobs instead of throwing tantrums every other week maybe we could have a government that could last a whole fiscal year without having to shutter up.
“Last ditch plan” just means maximum crying. Not surprised these pigfuckers shit the bed AGAIN.