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• White House warns of shutdown’s impact on feds as GOP struggles to find a clear path forward on spending - September 20, 2023

• By Eric Katz, Government Executive

  House Republicans are struggling to advance any measure that would keep the government open past Sept. 30, spurring the White House to issue a warning about the dire consequences for federal agencies and their employees in the event of a shutdown.
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was forced to pull a vote on a one-month continuing resolution that would have cut spending at most non-defense agencies by 8% after conservative members vowed to oppose the measure. He and other members involved in negotiations on Wednesday failed to outline any plan to avoid a shutdown. Republicans on Tuesday were also unable to advance their fiscal 2024 appropriations measure for the Defense Department after five conservatives joined Democrats in sinking the bill.

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