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Martin Pengelly in Washington

White House condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene threat to shut down government

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘We have to rein in the FBI. I will not vote for money to go towards those things.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The White House condemned the “extreme” and “hardcore fringe” of the Republican party after one high-profile, hardcore extremist, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, said she would not vote to fund the government this month without an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden.

Without a new spending measure, government funding will run out on 30 September, with federal workers furloughed and agencies shuttered.

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