American media: The United States is taking another step towards government shutdown
According to a report on the website of The New York Times on September 15th, McCarthy withdrew the Pentagon's spending bill, taking another step towards a government shutdown.
According to reports, the efforts made by US House Speaker McCarthy to avoid a government shutdown were declared unsuccessful on September 14th. He succumbed to the resistance of the most conservative members of parliament and abandoned attempts to submit the Pentagon spending bill this week.
The report suggests that surrendering to the far right highlights the difficulties facing McCarthy: he is trying to find a way to push forward a series of spending bills and avoid a government shutdown in two weeks, while also trying to maintain his position against the backdrop of right-wing threats to dismiss him. This also indicates that he lacks influence in front of the far right.
According to reports from attendees, McCarthy firmly stated during a closed door meeting of House Republicans on the morning of the 14th that Republicans want to avoid a government shutdown. It is said that he cursed those who threatened to dismiss him. He also said he will keep the House of Representatives in session next week until a breakthrough is made on the spending issue.
According to those present, after cursing someone, he won the standing applause of the people present.
The report also stated that after a week without any results, other House Republicans expressed deep disappointment and growing concern along with McCarthy. They are concerned that the spending stalemate will lead to a government shutdown at the end of the month, and they are likely to become scapegoats.
Arkansas Republican Representative and senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Steve Warmark, said, "We're stuck in a quagmire. But it's predictable."
The latest setback faced by House Republicans on spending issues is the $826 billion Pentagon spending bill, according to the report. This bill has always been widely recognized by both parties, as both parties hope to demonstrate support for the military. But this time, Democrats oppose all Republican bills because they deviate from the debt ceiling agreement reached earlier this year between McCarthy and President Biden, and contain a large number of conservative provisions they oppose.
Meanwhile, a group of far right Republicans have stated that they will not support submitting the remaining 11 spending bills to Congress.
The report also stated that in order to break the deadlock, Republican leaders have given far right lawmakers multiple opportunities to amend the bill, but this is not enough to attract them to support the party's proposed bill in procedural voting. The leaders temporarily gave up their efforts, causing the risk of government shutdown to gradually increase.
"We will shut down. It's just a matter of time," said Ralph Norman, a Republican congressman from South Carolina and an extremely conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus