House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week accused his Republican rivals of wanting to “burn the whole place down” but today he vowed to keep working on a funding deal.
: Millions of Americans will be left without pay, travellers could face airport chaos and families may struggle to access much-needed services when government funding is expected to run out this weekend due to infighting in the US Congress., hardline Republicans loyal to Donald Trump blew up their own party’s efforts on Friday to avoid a looming government shutdown from October 1.
Representative Matt Gaetz talks to reporters just after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed.While McCarthy last week accused his detractors of wanting to “burn the whole place down”, today he vowed to keep working to “make sure we solve this problem.”
Airport workers and air traffic controllers will also not get paid which the Biden administration says will be a “recipe for chaos” given the existing staff shortages across the industry. “We can’t be playing politics while our troops stand in the breach. It’s an absolute dereliction of duty.”
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