US Government Shutdown Nears as Lawmakers Make Incremental Gains

The US is on track for an Oct. 1 government shutdown despite incremental progress late Tuesday in the House and Senate on rival spending bills.

Senate leaders introduced their own bill to avert a shutdown and cleared a procedural vote, while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was able to start House debate on a series of conservative full-year spending bills.

Kevin McCarthy

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

The Senate stopgap bill has no clear path to pass the House, while the speaker has yet to nail down support for his own stopgap measure, which he plans to have the House vote on after the other full-year bills. ...