House Speaker Kevin McCarthy resorted to pushing for Joe Biden to intervene on Tuesday, while the Senate forged ahead with its own plan to avert a shutdown.
With little headway being made in negotiations to keep the government’s lights on beyond the end of the week,seems all but assured, with Congress shifting into crisis mode as President Joe Biden calls directly on Republicans to help avoid disaster. Rather than respond to that call, however, Rep. Matt Gaetz busied himself on Tuesday preparing a request to have his salary withheld until funding is secured.
Despite the sense of doom seeping into the halls of the Capitol, the Florida Republican has remained cavalier about the prospect of a shutdown. “I think it would be a shutdown we could endure,” he told reporters. “We would have to own it. We would have to hold accountable the leaders who brought it.”
On Tuesday, McCarthy still seemed unreceptive to the idea of reaching across the aisle. “I believe we have a majority here, and we can work together to solve this. It might take us a little longer, but this is important,” he told. “We want to make sure we can end the wasteful spending that the Democrats have put forth.”
“But now,” he continued, “House Republicans refuse to stand up to the extremists in their party—and everyone in America could be forced to pay the price.”
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