Stopgap measure thats their own numbers crafted. A small group of republican Holdouts Numbering at about 21 voted against. Its that small group was more than enough to tank the bill, and send republicans back to square one. Possibly taking any hope of avoiding a showdown with them. It was the latest sign of the ongoing division and disarray among the house gop conference. Since the beginning of this, year unresolved tensions between speaker Kevin Mccarthy and a handful of the parties extremists led by florida congressman matt gaetz have repeatedly pled to to our door. Now it appears that they are willing to make good on those threats. As things stand right, now neither house, nor the senate have managed to pass any bills that can avert a shutdown. If no deal is mixed reached by midnight, tonight about 820,000 federal employees, thats nearly 1 million federal workers, in major agencies will be according to the White House Office of management and. Budget millions of americans, including
Tonight on 360, Breaking News and a Government Shutdown a day away and the House Speaker who cant seem to stop it. 27 years after Tupac Shakurs murder, the man police say ordered his death is now in custody. Plus, live reporting after some of the most rain and worst flooding new york has ever seen, and its not over yet. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin tonight with Breaking News in the likelihood that 28 hours from now at one minute past midnight the federal government will shut down. In a moment youll meet some of the men and women who will be left without paychecks if it does. First, though, the man largely responsible for it House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Its not so much what hes done thats led to all this, its what hes been unable to do. Speaker mccarthy for weeks now has not been able to get the right wing of his narrow majority to agree on Stopgap Funding to keep the government running, nor has he been willing to work with democrats instead or grab a lifeline and take
Us. Cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. In just 48 hours, poisonous politics and schoolyard rhetoric will have real life consequences. The United States government once again shut down. And it comes an extraordinary day, when a president openly accused his predecessor of trying to kill the republic. And in the hearing to impeach said president , it backfired on republicans. Good evening, everyone, i am abby phillip. And in the way right now on capitol hill, the house is voting on a series of bills, none of which are expected to actually avert a Government Shutdown. Now, remember, those hardliners, they want to have tickets to spending, including two programs that affect schools. Lets go straight to Melanie Zanona over on capitol hill. A. , abby. So, tonight, these bills they are going to vote on in the house are not expected to pass the senate. Theyre expected to be dead on arrival. But they may not even have the votes to be able to pass them among House Republicans. So,
Today on Inside Politics, a giant of the u. S. Senate has died. Well talk all about Dianne Feinsteins passing, more important ly, her legacy in minutes. But were going to start this hour with Breaking News on capitol hill. As we speak, we are watching a critical vote to avert a Government Shutdown. I want go straight to manu raju to give us the latest of what were seeing on the house floor. Reporter theres a procedural vote right now to advance the republicanled effort to keep the government open for about a month. This procedural vote, they have the votes to advance it to the final vote. That doesnt mean this is good news for the speakerer. In fact, a number of these members opposed to the speakers Spending Plans made clear that they are okay voting Going Forward on this procedural vote, but they plan to vote no and sink the bill to keep the government open for a handful of weeks because of their opposition of the way the issues have been handled here and the demands to move forward w
It is not a question of if a shutdown will happen, it is how long will it last. Kevin mccarthy could not even deliver a Spending Bill to be rejected by the senate. This afternoon 21 House Republicans voted against a bill he put forward and now will he cut a deal with democrats to get the government up and are notting and risk losing his job or will he make a sacrifice to prevent the Government Shutdown and help federal workers keep their paychecks. And New York City under a State Of Emergency, more than a months worth of rain in a few hours creating a life threatening situation. Plus major arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur 27 years after he was gunned down on the. This afternoon Kevin Mccarthy suffered another embarrassing loss as his caucus failed to pass a bill to keep the government open. Just under 32 hours left for any kind of deal and the reality is bleak. The Senate Already put together a bipartisan deal to try to avoid a shutdown but House Republicans threw cold water