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McCarthy says House will keep working on spending bill: ‘We’re not leaving this weekend’

By Reese Gorman
Published September 18, 2023 7:46pm ET
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McCarthy says House will keep working on spending bill: ‘We’re not leaving this weekend’
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) heads to the chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023. McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said the House would keep working until they pass a temporary spending bill, even if it means working through the weekend as resistance builds among House Republicans against the stopgap funding measure negotiated by the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus.

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