"GOP Divisions Drive Threat of 2024 Government Shutdown"

The threat of a government shutdown is driven by Republican demands to add conservative spending mandates opposed by President Biden and Democrats, with House Republicans loading up their spending bills with partisan policy mandates that have little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate or being signed by Biden. Divisions within the Republican party over spending priorities have further complicated negotiations to reach a deal to keep the government funded, with ultraconservative lawmakers pushing for cuts and hard-line policy provisions while more moderate and politically endangered Republicans have refused to back them.