Kevin McCarthy: House GOP has more ‘options’ to avoid government shutdown

Published September 29, 2013 4:00am ET



House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said House Republicans have “other options” if the Senate kicks back a government spending bill clean of any anti-Obamacare provisions.

But the California Republican suggested House GOP leaders will continue to link their fight against the health care law to a spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown, telling “Fox News Sunday” that any future measure the House sends back to the Senate “will have additions.”

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