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
Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part
Than a political side show. Could they go away altogether . The latest on donald trump calling for the gop to pull the Plug On Future Debates as he questions whether any of his opponents should even be Vice President. And is the shutdown a sure thing . President biden insists it isnt, but his hopes hinge on House Republicans, in his words, doing their job. And theyve got now less than three days to do it. So what happens next . Lots to talk about, but were going to start in washington where one small group perhaps ten conservative republican lawmakers are refusing to support any Stopgap Measure to keep the government from shutting down 59 hours from now. Instead, the far right is committing critical hours to an Impeachment Inquiry that a new poll shows most americans do not want, and not only is there little time or public appetite for this hearing, theres zero evidence to justify holding it. And of the three witnesses for the majority, none of them seems to have any evidence firsthand
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