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Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as

conservatives balk at a new plan

By STEPHEN GROVES and
LISA MASCARO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Speaker Kevin McCarthy
is running out of options as
he races Monday to come
up with a plan to keep the
federal government from
shutting down as even a
proposal to include hard-
line border security provi-
sions wasn't enough to ap-
pease the far-right flank in
his Republican House ma-
jority. The speaker told his
Republican conference
that they should be pre-
pared to stay through this
weekend to pass a stop-
gap measure, called a
continuing resolution, that
would keep government
offices open past the Sept.
30 deadline. But many are
already bracing for the
heavy political fallout of a
federal shutdown. "I've told
all of Congress you're not
going to go home. We're
going to continue to work
through this," McCarthy
said Monday at the Capi-
tol. "Things that are tough Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops for reporters' questions about passing a funding bill and avoiding a government
sometimes are worth it." shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
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