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Politics
Tatyana Tandanpolie

Barreling toward shutdown, GOP erupts

GOP infighting in the House killed a Republican bill aimed at avoiding a seemingly impending government shutdown on Friday.

21 Republican hardliners joined Democrats in opposing the legislation in a 232-198 tally. The failed vote represents another significant defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., whose attempts to unite the conference on government funding legislation, including a partisan stopgap bill aimed at giving the GOP greater leverage in negotiations, have repeatedly fallen flat. 

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