McCarthy Plan to Avert Shutdown Dealt Twin Blows From GOP Right

Republican hardliners on Tuesday dealt House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plans to avert an Oct. 1 US government shutdown twin blows, further ratcheting up the risk of a disruptive federal funding lapse.

Amid backlash from his right flank, McCarthy abruptly canceled plans to advance a short-term spending bill that would fund the government for 31 days while changing US immigration rules and cutting domestic agencies by 8%.

Later in the day, five ultraconservatives, in protest of the broader spending negotiations, joined Democrats to block consideration of a military spending package laden with conservative priorities.

“I won’t give up,” McCarthy ...