House GOP Faces Chaos and Acrimony as Key Vote on Stopgap Funding Bill is Pulled

The House of Representatives canceled a key procedural vote on a temporary government funding bill, risking a government shutdown if Congress fails to pass a temporary funding measure by September 30. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy supports the measure but faces opposition from hard-right members of the GOP. Despite a tentative deal reached by key Republican factions to pair temporary funding with spending cuts and a border security measure, some GOP members still opposed the spending measure. Even if approved, the measure had no chance of passing in the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority. The House has only six days left in session before the deadline.