GOP Chaos Threatens Government Shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has criticized House Republicans for driving the government towards a shutdown, calling the most conservative bloc "irresponsible individuals." Some House Freedom Caucus members and their far-right allies shut down the chamber floor last week over frustrations about the debt and spending deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached with President Joe Biden. The possibility that conservatives would move to boot McCarthy from the speakership if he seeks to send Biden bills that spend more than 2022 toplines is prompting government shutdown fears. Jeffries also criticized a tax package the Ways and Means Committee advanced this week on party-line votes.