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David Smith in Washington

Republicans seem even further from resolution as US shutdown deadline nears

Kevin McCarthy at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Tuesday.
Kevin McCarthy at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Republican leaders on Tuesday seemed to move further away from a resolution to the impending government shutdown.

In a sign of how bad the party’s split has become, a procedural vote on the short-term funding bill expected to happen today was cancelled, and an attempt to advance a Pentagon spending bill was voted down, thanks to rightwing Republicans. The vote intensifies the risk of a shutdown on 1 October and Kevin McCarthy losing his speakership.

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