Just four days out from a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has declared a bipartisan Senate stopgap measure dead on arrival.

Senators, having apparently lost faith in McCarthy’s ability to stave off a shutdown, negotiated a bill late Tuesday night that funds the government until Nov. 17 and includes $12 billion in aid and disaster relief for Ukraine. It’s expected to be voted on by the end of the week before being sent over to the House, and is intended to buy lawmakers more time to hash out a longer-term deal, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

But, according to Punchbowl News, McCarthy said in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning that he wouldn’t take up a bill that includes Ukraine funding but no border security measures. “I don’t see the support in the House,” he reportedly said.

Aid for Ukraine has been one of several sticking points for ultraconservative hardliners in the House who have repeatedly sabotaged McCarthy’s efforts to get spending bills passed.

      • themeatbridge
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        21 year ago

        Not at all, but you couldn’t just send home the shitty ones. Ideally, the ones that are causing the problems wouldn’t be reelected, but unfortunately we all know that isn’t how it works.

        • @Zink@programming.dev
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          01 year ago

          Right now I honestly worry that implementing your “replace them all” solution would lead to WORSE people being elected.

          • themeatbridge
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            21 year ago

            We don’t really have to worry about it, because it won’t happen in the foreseeable future. We spend too much on elections to suddenly reelect several hundred congress people.