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House fails to pass spending bill as government shutdown looms

Right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts and severe border security provisions.

By Associated Press

Sept. 29, 2023

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Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., looks over notes as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare an appropriations bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., left, confers with an aide as his panel meets to prepare an appropriations bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, joined at left by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, defends proposed spending cuts at an early House Rules Committee meeting to prepare an appropriations bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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From left, Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., Ranking Member Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., attend an early House Rules Committee meeting to prepare an appropriations bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to the media about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., speaks to the media as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listens at right, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, confer in the hallway near the House chamber just after a stopgap spending bill advanced on a procedural vote but with final passage uncertain, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters just after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, talks to reporters just after a stopgap spending bill advanced on a procedural vote but final passage is uncertain, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-N.C., left, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., right, and other members of the House depart just after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.
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From left, Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., depart just after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29.

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