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.