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GOP tensions grow over looming shutdown fight

  • Senate Republicans are unlikely to support House Freedom Caucus demands to attach conservative priorities to spending bills.
  • Some House Republicans strongly oppose a "clean" continuing resolution, arguing it would continue bloated spending.
  • House and Senate leaders acknowledge the need for a short-term funding extension to avoid a shutdown.
  • The Republican Study Committee urges Speaker McCarthy to couple a continuing resolution with conservative policies.
  • Republicans want to avoid a repeat of the debt limit deal which had more Democratic than Republican votes.
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